{"product_id":"stacy-kranitz-aint-no-grave-gonna-hold-my-body-down","title":"Pre-Order: Stacy Kranitz - Ain't No Grave Gonna Hold My Body Down","description":"\u003ch3\u003e\u003cem\u003ePlease Note: This is a pre-order. This title is expected to arrive October 2026. All orders containing this title will ship when it is in stock.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"preFlex flexIn\"\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cspan\u003eAin’t No Grave Gonna Hold My Body Down\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003e traces the complex social history of Appalachia while questioning the role photography has played in shaping how the region and its people have been seen across generations. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"preFlex flexIn\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThe Appalachian region of the United States has historically been subjected to numerous political, religious and media interventions that have perpetuated a negative image. Through historical archives and contemporary images, Kranitz examines the evolving representation of Appalachia, from narratives of poverty and cultural deficiency to the lasting consequences of industrial extraction. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"preFlex flexIn\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eAt the centre of the book is Pat Greene, whom Kranitz met in 2013 and whose life became a recurring thread through the work, connecting an intimate personal story to broader histories from the region, including the voices of Harry Caudill and JD Vance, two influential figures whose accounts of Appalachia have placed responsibility for the region’s deprivation on its own people, drawing on narratives of cultural and, at times, biological deficiency that echo a longer eugenicist history. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"preFlex flexIn\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eDrawing together seventeen years of photographs, archival research and literary texts, the book considers the camera as witness, propaganda, instrument of power and, at times, a means of redemption.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"preFlex flexIn\"\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"preFlex flexIn\"\u003e210 x 275mm, 260 pp. 77 color photographs, 92 black and white archival and press photographs, and 40 black and white and color documents.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"preFlex flexIn\"\u003eIncludes a supplementary booklet with texts by Matthew Algeo, Stacy Kranitz, Andrew Malan Milward, Mesha Maren and Whitney Phillips.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Terrible Baby","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51220481638652,"sku":null,"price":70.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0460\/7908\/2645\/files\/Covers_45.jpg?v=1788468344","url":"https:\/\/baltimorephotospace.com\/products\/stacy-kranitz-aint-no-grave-gonna-hold-my-body-down","provider":"Baltimore Photo Space","version":"1.0","type":"link"}