Kevin Quashie: The Sovereignty of Quiet Betty Tompkins algorithmic recommendations prescribe our experiences

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Kevin Quashie: The Sovereignty of Quiet Betty Tompkins algorithmic recommendations prescribe our experiencesRutgers University Press, 2012, softcover, 204 pages, 15. 2 x 22. 8 cm African American culture is often considered expressive, dramatic, and even defiant. In The Sovereignty of Quiet, Kevin Quashie explores quiet as a different kind of expressiveness, one which characterizes a persons desires, ambitions, hungers, vulnerabilities, and fears. Quiet is a metaphor for the inner life, and as such, enables a more nuanced understanding of black culture. The