"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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Table of Contents:
- 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.