Description
| Product ID: | 9781608466399 |
| Product Form: | Paperback / softback |
| Country of Manufacture: | US |
| Series: | Historical Materialism |
| Title: | 'bitter With The Past But Sweet With The Dream': Communism In The African American Imaginary |
| Subtitle: | Historical Materialism, Volume 95 |
| Authors: | Author: Cathy Bergin |
| Page Count: | 222 |
| Subjects: | Literary studies: c 1900 to c 2000, Literary studies: from c 1900 -, Literary studies: fiction, novelists and prose writers, Ethnic studies, Far-left political ideologies and movements, Literary studies: fiction, novelists & prose writers, Black & Asian studies, Marxism & Communism, USA, English |
| Description: | Select Guide Rating An engaging, wide-ranging, and groundbreaking reexamination of the relationship between African American writers and the communist movement in the US. Most literary critics take it for granted that mid-century African-American writers considered the Communist movement to be incapable of comprehending and responding to racial oppression. In this groundbreaking study, Cathy Bergin argues that in Native Son, Lonely Crusade, and Invisible Man, Communist organizations were castigated for their refusal to pursue the liberatory potential contained in their own ideals and strategies for change. |
| Imprint Name: | Haymarket Books |
| Publisher Name: | Haymarket Books |
| Country of Publication: | GB |
| Publishing Date: | 2016-07-26 |
