"Bitter with the past but sweet with the dream" : : communism in the African American imaginary representations of the Communist Party, 1940-1952 / / by Cathy Bergin.
The legacy of the relationship between African American writers and Communism in the US is a contested one. Bergin argues that in three novels, by seminal mid-century authors (Wright, Himes and Ellison) Communism is not dismissed as incapable of meeting the demands of black political identity but is...
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Superior document: | Historical Materialism Book Series, Volume 95 |
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Place / Publishing House: | Leiden, The Netherlands : : Koninklijke Brill,, 2015. ©2015 |
Year of Publication: | 2015 |
Edition: | 1st ed. |
Language: | English |
Series: | Historical materialism book series ;
Volume 95. |
Physical Description: | 1 online resource (x, 222 pages) |
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505 | 0 | 0 | |a Preliminary Material -- Introduction -- 1 ‘Towards Soviet America’ -- 2 The Liberator (1929–1935) -- 3 Native Son: Ghetto Nightmares -- 4 ‘Communism is the Twentieth Century Americanism’ -- 5 Lonely Crusade: Union Dues -- 6 Invisible Man: Un-American Activities -- Conclusion -- Bibliography -- Index. |
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