'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/creator | Bergin, Cathy |
| Format | Electronic |
| Publication Info | Leiden ; Boston : Brill, [2015] |
| Description | x, 222 pages ; 25 cm. |
| Supplemental Content | Full text available from Ebook Central - Academic Complete |
| Subjects |
| Series | Historical materialism book series ; volume 95 |
| 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. |
| Bibliography note | Includes bibliographical references (pages 209-219) and index. |
| Access restriction | Available only to authorized users. |
| Technical details | Mode of access: World Wide Web |
| Genre/form | Electronic books. |
| LCCN | 2015008979 |
| ISBN | 9789004263727 (hardback : alk. paper) |