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UNINA9910956310903321 |
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Autore |
Boyce Davies Carole |
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Titolo |
Left of Karl Marx : the political life of Black Communist Claudia Jones / / Carole Boyce Davies |
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Durham, : Duke University Press, 2007 |
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ISBN |
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9786613035523 |
9781283035521 |
1283035529 |
9780822390329 |
0822390329 |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (341 pages) |
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Disciplina |
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Soggetti |
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Women communists - United States |
Women communists - Great Britain |
West Indians - United States |
West Indians - Great Britain |
Women journalists - United States |
Women journalists - Great Britain |
Feminists - United States |
Feminists - Great Britain |
Women and communism - United States - History - 20th century |
Women and communism - Great Britain - History - 20th century |
Women's rights - United States - History - 20th century |
Women's rights - Great Britain - History - 20th century |
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Formato |
Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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Description based upon print version of record. |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references (p. [275]-293) and index. |
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Nota di contenuto |
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Preface -- Chronology -- Introduction. Recovering the radical Black female subject: anti-imperialism, feminism, and activism -- Women's rights/workers' rights/anti-imperialism: challenging the superexploitation of Black working-class women -- From "half the world" to the whole world: journalism as Black transnational political |
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practice -- Prison blues: literary activism and a poetry of resistance -- Deportation: the other politics of diaspora, or "what is an ocean between us? We know how to build bridges." -- Carnival and diaspora: Caribbean community, happiness, and activism -- Piece work/peace work: self-construction versus state repression -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index. |
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Sommario/riassunto |
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Assesses the activism, writing, and legacy of Claudia Jones (1915-1964), a pioneering Afro-Caribbean radical intellectual active in the U.S. and U.K. |
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