{"id":368,"date":"2021-01-28T11:20:39","date_gmt":"2021-01-28T16:20:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/courses.bowdoin.edu\/there-is-a-woman-in-every-color-2021\/?p=368"},"modified":"2021-06-24T14:42:44","modified_gmt":"2021-06-24T18:42:44","slug":"peter-norton-family-christmas-project-1997-freedom-a-fable-a-curious-interpretation-of-the-wit-of-a-negress-in-troubled-times","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/courses.bowdoin.edu\/there-is-a-woman-in-every-color-2021\/influential-literature\/peter-norton-family-christmas-project-1997-freedom-a-fable-a-curious-interpretation-of-the-wit-of-a-negress-in-troubled-times\/","title":{"rendered":"Peter Norton Family Christmas Project, 1997; Freedom, a Fable: A Curious Interpretation of the Wit of a Negress in Troubled Times, 1997"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Kara Walker (American, born 1969)<\/p>\n<p>bound volume of offset lithographs and five laser-cut, pop-up silhouettes<\/p>\n<p>9 1\/4 x 8 1\/4 x 5\/8 in. 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