'bitter With The Past But Sweet With The Dream': Communism In The African American Imaginary

Historical Materialism, Volume 95

AvCathy Bergin

Häftad, Engelska, 2016

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Beskrivning

The legacy of the relationship between African American writers and Communism in the US is a contested one. In Bitter with the Past but Sweet with the Dream, Cathy Bergin argues that in three novels, by seminal mid-century authors (Richard Wright, Chester Himes and Ralph Ellison), Communism is not dismissed as incapable of meeting the demands of black political identity, but is castigated for its refusal to do so. Bergin draws on the complex formations black political agency presumed and reproduced by American Communism during the Depression.

Produktinformation

Utgivningsdatum:2016-07-26
Mått:152 x 229 x 12 mm
Vikt:320 g
Format:Häftad
Språk:Engelska
Serie:Historical Materialism
Antal sidor:222
Förlag:Haymarket Books
ISBN:9781608466399

Utforska kategorier

Marxism och kommunism inom Samhälle och politik
Litteraturvetenskap inom Skönlitteratur
Etnicitet inom Samhälle och politik

Mer om författaren

Cathy Bergin (DPhil (2004) is a Senior Lecturer in the Humanities Programme at the University of Brighton.

Innehållsförteckning

AcknowledgementsIntroductionPART I: RADICAL ALLIANCESChapter One: ‘Towards Soviet America’1.1 Determinations and determinism: Lenin, Stalin and the Comintern1.2 Swearing allegiances: Garveyism and Communism1.3 Trials on trial: Yokine2.1n and ScottsboroChapter Two: The Liberator (1929–1935)2.1 The Liberator: the black bourgeoisie and revolutionary tradition2.2 The Liberator: interracial solidarity and internationalism2.3 The Liberator: black cultural politicsChapter Three: Native Son: Ghetto Nightmares3.1 ‘Poor Richard Wright’: the black protest novel3.2 A room of one’s own?: Bigger, rage and consciousness3.3 ‘Russian folks’: The Communist Party in Native SonPART II: BETRAYALS AND DEFEATChapter Four: ‘Communism is the Twentieth Century Americanism’4.1 Popular Front: remaking African American culture4.2 Peace and war: shifting prioritiesChapter five: Lonely Crusade: Union Dues5.1 ‘History as nightmare’: The critical reception of Lonely Crusade5.2 ‘This illusion of manhood’: Lee Gordon, rage and impotence5.3 ‘Sure, I ‘longs to the Party. But I is a nigger first’: the Communist Party in Lonely CrusadeChapter six: Invisible Man: Un-American Activities6.1 ‘Beautiful absurdity’: Ellison, responsibility and identity6.2 ‘Riding race again’: the Communist Party in Invisible ManConclusionBibliographyIndex