Marika Vandekraats: The Colonial, Familiar, Nostalgic, Radical, Transformative Life of the Strawberry Palace The book relies on iconographic

The book relies on iconographic and archival materials belonging to Luigi Bonotto

from Sam Selvon and George Lamming to V

27 × 20 cm

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Marika Vandekraats: The Colonial, Familiar, Nostalgic, Radical, Transformative Life of the Strawberry Palace The book relies on iconographicHumDrum Press, 2024, softcover, 104 pages, 10. 5 x 15. 5 cm The story of the strawberry is troubled. Troubled because of what becomes uncovered as we unpick the systems within which this sweet, nostalgic fruit is embedded within. From rural English fruit picking sites, to agricultural fields in Spain, to the sides of North American highways, the strawberry exists in many formations. Its multiple (his)storiesstarting from its hybrid colonial roots,