The Go-Between - A Portrait of Growing Up Between Different Worlds

Informationen zum Autor Osman Yousefzada was born in Birmingham to migrant parents who were illiterate both in English and their mother tongue. An artist and writer who studied at SOAS and Central Saint Martins, he has an MPhil from Cambridge University. His visual art practice - of sculpture, moving image and textile installation - has been showcased in international programmes at the Whitechapel Gallery, MCA Sydney, Dhaka Art Summit, Ikon, V&A and more. He has made clothes for Beyoncé, Lady Gaga, Lupita Nyong'o, Gwen Stefani, Emma Watson and many more. His experience within the fashion industry continues to inform the politics of his practice concerned with the rights of the anonymous worker and disposable consumerism. He edits The Collective and has written for Vogue , the Guardian and Observer . Osman is currently a research practitioner at the Royal College of Art and visiting fellow at Jesus College, Cambridge. The Go-Between was longlisted for the Polari First Book Prize in 2022. Klappentext From the renowned artist, an enlightening memoir of living between worlds and learning how to find one's own Vorwort From the renowned artist, an enlightening memoir of living between worlds and learning how to find one's own Zusammenfassung From the renowned artist, an enlightening memoir of living between worlds and learning how to find one's own

Product details

• Authors: Osman Yousefzada
• Publisher: Canongate Books
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback
• Released: 26.01.2023
• EAN: 9781838859787
• ISBN: 978-1-83885-978-7
• No. of pages: 368
• Dimensions: 129 mm x 198 mm x 22 mm
• Subjects: Fiction > Narrative literature > Letters, diaries; Non-fiction book > Politics, society, business > Biographies, autobiographies; BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Religious, Social & cultural history, Social & cultural anthropology, ethnography, Fashion & society, Cultural studies: dress and society, BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Asian & Asian American