"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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