Shame on Me: An Anatomy of Race and Belonging

by Tessa McWatt

Book Overview

FINALIST FOR THE GOVERNOR GENERAL'S AWARD FOR NON-FICTION

Interrogating our ideas of race through the lens of her own multi-racial identity, critically acclaimed novelist Tessa McWatt turns her eye on herself, her body and this world in a powerful new work of non-fiction.

Tessa McWatt has been called Susie Wong, Pocahontas and "black bitch," and has been judged not black enough by people who assume she straightens her hair...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0735277435
• ISBN13: 9780735277434
• Release Date: March 2020
• Publisher: Random House Canada
• Length: 240 Pages
• Weight: 2.40 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 5.5" x 8.2"