'Bitter with the past but sweet with the dream: communism in the African American imaginary: representations of the Communist Party, 1940-1952
Bergin, Cathy, Ellison, Ralph, Himes, Chester B., Wright, Richard
Introduction -- Radical Alliances. Introduction: 'Towards Soviet America' -- Determinations and Determinism: Lenin, Stalin and the Comintern -- Swearing Allegiances: Garveyism and Communism -- Trials on Trial: Yokinen and Scottsboro -- The Liberator (1929-1935) -- The Liberator: The Black Bourgeoisie and Revolutionary Tradition -- The Liberator: Interracial Solidarity and Internationalism -- The Liberator and Black Cultural Politics -- Native Son: Ghetto Nightmares -- 'Poor Richard Wright': The Black Protest Novel -- A Room of One's Own?: Bigger, Rage and Consciousness -- 'Russian Folks': The Communist Party in Native Son -- Betrayals and Defeat. Introduction to Part 2 -- 'Communism is the Twentieth Century Americanism' -- Popular Front: Remaking African American Culture -- Peace and War: Shifting Priorities -- Lonely Crusade: Union Dues -- 'History as Nightmare': The Critical Reception of Lonely Crusade -- 'This Illusion of Manhood': Lee Gordon, Rage and Impotence -- 'Sure, I 'Longs to the Party. But I is a Nigger First': The Communist Party in Lonely Crusade -- Invisible Man: Un-American Activities -- 'Beautiful Absurdity': Ellison, Responsibility and Identity -- 'Riding Race Again': The Communist Party in Invisible Man -- Conclusion.
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Année:
2016
Editeur::
Haymarket Books
Langue:
english
ISBN 10:
9004293256
ISBN 13:
9789004293250
Collection:
Historical materialism book series 95
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PDF, 2.36 MB
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english, 2016