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'Bitter with the past but sweet with the dream' : communism in the African American imaginary : representations of the Communist Party, 1940-1952

Title
'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.
Author
Bergin, Cathy
Publication
Leiden, the Netherlands ; Boston : Brill, [2015]

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Description
x, 222 pages; 25 cm.
Series Statement
Historical materialism book series ; volume 95
Uniform Title
Historical materialism book series ; 95.
Subject
  • American fiction > African American authors > History and criticism
  • American fiction > 20th century > History and criticism
  • Communism and literature > United States > History > 20th century
  • Wright, Richard, 1908-1960 > Criticism and interpretation
  • Himes, Chester B., 1909-1984 > Criticism and interpretation
  • Ellison, Ralph > Criticism and interpretation
  • Communism in literature
  • Politics in literature
  • African Americans in literature
Bibliography (note)
  • Includes bibliographical references (pages 209-219) and index.
Contents
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.
Call Number
Sc E 15-1380
ISBN
  • 9789004263727
  • 9004263721
  • 9789004293250 (canceled/invalid)
LCCN
2015008979
OCLC
904942618
Author
Bergin, Cathy, author.
Title
'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.
Publisher
Leiden, the Netherlands ; Boston : Brill, [2015]
Type of Content
text
Type of Medium
unmediated
Type of Carrier
volume
Series
Historical materialism book series ; volume 95
Historical materialism book series ; 95.
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references (pages 209-219) and index.
Research Call Number
Sc E 15-1380
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