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'Bitter with the Past but Sweet with the Dream' : Representations of the Communist Party, 1940-1952.

By: Material type: TextTextSeries: Historical Materialism Book SeriesPublisher: Boston : BRILL, 2015Copyright date: ©2015Edition: 1st edDescription: 1 online resource (232 pages)Content type:
  • text
Media type:
  • computer
Carrier type:
  • online resource
ISBN:
  • 9789004293250
Subject(s): Genre/Form: Additional physical formats: Print version:: 'Bitter with the Past but Sweet with the Dream': Communism in the African American ImaginaryDDC classification:
  • 813/.509896073
LOC classification:
  • PS374.N4 .B47 2015
Online resources:
Contents:
Intro -- Contents -- Acknowledgements -- Introduction -- Part 1 Radical Alliances -- Introduction to Part 1 -- Chapter 1 'Towards Soviet America' -- 1.1 Determinations and Determinism: Lenin, Stalin and the Comintern -- 1.2 Swearing Allegiances: Garveyism and Communism -- 1.3 Trials on Trial: Yokinen and Scottsboro -- Chapter 2 The Liberator (1929-1935) -- 2.1 The Liberator: The Black Bourgeoisie and Revolutionary Tradition -- 2.2 The Liberator: Interracial Solidarity and Internationalism -- 2.3 The Liberator and Black Cultural Politics -- Chapter 3 Native Son: Ghetto Nightmares -- 3.1 'Poor Richard Wright': The Black Protest Novel -- 3.2 A Room of One's Own?: Bigger, Rage and Consciousness -- 3.3 'Russian Folks': The Communist Party in Native Son -- Part 2 Betrayals and Defeat -- Introduction to Part 2 -- Chapter 4 'Communism is the Twentieth Century Americanism' -- 4.1 Popular Front: Remaking African-American Culture -- 4.2 Peace and War: Shifting Priorities -- Chapter 5 Lonely Crusade: Union Dues -- 5.1 'History as Nightmare': The Critical Reception of Lonely Crusade -- 5.2 'This Illusion of Manhood': Lee Gordon, Rage and Impotence -- 5.3 'Sure, I 'Longs to the Party. But I is a Nigger First': The Communist Party in Lonely Crusade -- Chapter 6 Invisible Man: Un-American Activities -- 6.1 'Beautiful Absurdity': Ellison, Responsibility and Identity -- 6.2 'Riding Race Again': The Communist Party in Invisible Man -- Conclusion -- Bibliography -- Index.
Summary: The book is an examination of the impact of Communism on a generation of African American writers and a consideration of how African American identity in three novels is constructed in relation to the political ideology of the Communist Party.
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Intro -- Contents -- Acknowledgements -- Introduction -- Part 1 Radical Alliances -- Introduction to Part 1 -- Chapter 1 'Towards Soviet America' -- 1.1 Determinations and Determinism: Lenin, Stalin and the Comintern -- 1.2 Swearing Allegiances: Garveyism and Communism -- 1.3 Trials on Trial: Yokinen and Scottsboro -- Chapter 2 The Liberator (1929-1935) -- 2.1 The Liberator: The Black Bourgeoisie and Revolutionary Tradition -- 2.2 The Liberator: Interracial Solidarity and Internationalism -- 2.3 The Liberator and Black Cultural Politics -- Chapter 3 Native Son: Ghetto Nightmares -- 3.1 'Poor Richard Wright': The Black Protest Novel -- 3.2 A Room of One's Own?: Bigger, Rage and Consciousness -- 3.3 'Russian Folks': The Communist Party in Native Son -- Part 2 Betrayals and Defeat -- Introduction to Part 2 -- Chapter 4 'Communism is the Twentieth Century Americanism' -- 4.1 Popular Front: Remaking African-American Culture -- 4.2 Peace and War: Shifting Priorities -- Chapter 5 Lonely Crusade: Union Dues -- 5.1 'History as Nightmare': The Critical Reception of Lonely Crusade -- 5.2 'This Illusion of Manhood': Lee Gordon, Rage and Impotence -- 5.3 'Sure, I 'Longs to the Party. But I is a Nigger First': The Communist Party in Lonely Crusade -- Chapter 6 Invisible Man: Un-American Activities -- 6.1 'Beautiful Absurdity': Ellison, Responsibility and Identity -- 6.2 'Riding Race Again': The Communist Party in Invisible Man -- Conclusion -- Bibliography -- Index.

The book is an examination of the impact of Communism on a generation of African American writers and a consideration of how African American identity in three novels is constructed in relation to the political ideology of the Communist Party.

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Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, Michigan : ProQuest Ebook Central, 2024. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest Ebook Central affiliated libraries.

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