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Soul Stripping

Soul Stripping

Paula Charles

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Chamadi Books
Año de edición:
2026
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9782839950084
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In Soul Stripping: The Autobiography of a Go-Go Dancer, Paula Charles recounts an extraordinary journey from a Caribbean childhood to the neon-lit nightlife of Switzerland, where she spent her early adulthood navigating a world of glamour, instability, and survival. What begins as the story of a young woman seeking opportunity evolves into a powerful exploration of identity, race, belonging, and self-discovery.Charles writes with candour about life on society’s margins, chronicling the challenges of being a Black woman in Europe while exposing the prejudices and injustices she encountered along the way. Yet this is not merely a memoir of hardship. It is a story of transformation, tracing how a transient life in clubs and dance halls ultimately led her to find her voice as a writer and social commentator.Part personal history, part social critique, Soul Stripping is a testament to resilience and the enduring power of storytelling as a means of reclaiming one’s place in the world.

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