2 Volumes, 2 volumes (1 unnumbered folded sheet, 23 page booklet) : black and white photographs, 15 cm
Quantity
Creator
Passenger Pigeon Press
Creator
Nguyen, Tammy, 1984-
Creator
Beer, Téa Chai
Creator
Keum, Tae-Yeoun, 1986-
Creator
Valenzuela, Rodrigo, 1982-
Language
English
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Technical
RBR copy is 46 of 200 numbered copies.
Description
"This issue of Martha's Quarterly, Issue 20, Summer 2021, Composition Gold, brings together an essay by classicist Tae-Yeoun
Keum and photographs by artist Rodrigo Valenzuela to explore questions of nobility and class, labor and imagination, and fate
and agency. I was inspired when I listened to someone talk about the noble lie, a kind of myth often told by the elite or
ruling class of a society that is meant to maintain social harmony. In monarchies and caste system societies, the noble lie
is essential to keeping people spread across different classes, in their place and seldom questioning their situation. Today,
many democratic societies also use a noble lie that many accept: "meritocracy," i.e. the idea that one is rewarded and can
move between classes as a result of one's hard work and talent." -- publisher's website, viewed August 11, 2022.
