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African American Anti-Colonial Thought 1917-1937
Cathy (Ed) Bergin
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Description for African American Anti-Colonial Thought 1917-1937
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An investigation of interwar African American critiques of racism and colonialism
This volume re-publishes key texts produced by African American anti-colonial activists between 1917-1937. Some of these texts remain well-known, but many have disappeared from view and are once again re-inserted in their original polemical contexts. The context for these writings is the turbulent politics of `race’ in the US in the interwar years and the emergence of a particular `race’/class politics. The framing of the material in the book stresses those texts which are specifically concerned with finding connections between the plight of African Americans and those who ... Read more
Key Features
- Introduces a powerful, but neglected, tradition of African American anti-colonial writing
- Locates African American anti-colonial writing of the interwar years in both a US and global context
- Stresses the dialectical nature of the relationship between anti-colonial politics and political activism
- Reflects upon the relevance of interwar African American anti-colonial writings to contemporary debates about racism and neo-colonialism
- Emphasises the relationship between African American politics and the Left during this period
Product Details
Publisher
Edinburgh University Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Series
Key Texts in Anti Colonial Thought
Condition
New
Number of Pages
272
Place of Publication
Edinburgh, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781474409575
SKU
V9781474409575
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