Open Daily: 10am - 10pm | Alley door pickup 10am - 7pm 3038 Hennepin Ave Minneapolis, MN
612-822-4611

  • Open Daily: 10am - 10pm
    Alley-side Pickup: 10am - 7pm

    3038 Hennepin Ave Minneapolis, MN
    612-822-4611

Open Daily: 10am - 10pm | Alley-side Pickup: 10am - 7pm
3038 Hennepin Ave Minneapolis, MN
612-822-4611
'Bitter with the Past But Sweet with the Dream': Communism in the African American Imaginary

'Bitter with the Past But Sweet with the Dream': Communism in the African American Imaginary

Bergin, Cathy

Paperback

Series: Historical Materialism

Black American StudiesGeneral Political ScienceSocial Movements

ISBN10: 1608466396
ISBN13: 9781608466399
Publisher: Haymarket Books
Published: Jul 26 2016
Pages: 222
Weight: 0.75
Height: 0.50 Width: 5.90 Depth: 8.90
Language: English
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.

Also in

Social Movements

View All