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´bitter With The Past But Sweet With The Dream´: Communism In The African American Imaginary: Historical Materialism, Volume 95
Cathy Bergin
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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.
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.
Product Details
Publisher
Haymarket Books
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Series
Historical Materialism
Condition
New
Number of Pages
222
Place of Publication
Chicago, United States
ISBN
9781608466399
SKU
V9781608466399
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About Cathy Bergin
Cathy Bergin (DPhil (2004) is a Senior Lecturer in the Humanities Programme at the University of Brighton.
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