03720nam 22008654a 450 991077798710332120081013040131.01-283-03552-997866130355230-8223-9032-910.1515/9780822390329(CKB)1000000000758139(EBL)1170503(OCoLC)262328115(SSID)ssj0000393299(PQKBManifestationID)11295672(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000393299(PQKBWorkID)10371594(PQKB)10759894(MiAaPQ)EBC1170503(OCoLC)1139386409(MdBmJHUP)muse79234262328115(DE-B1597)553350(DE-B1597)9780822390329(OCoLC)1148139261(EXLCZ)99100000000075813920081013d2008 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtrdacontentcrdamediacrrdacarrierLeft of Karl Marx[electronic resource] the political life of Black Communist Claudia Jones /Carole Boyce DaviesDurham Duke University Press20071 online resource (341 pages)Description based upon print version of record.0-8223-4096-8 0-8223-4116-6 Includes bibliographical references (p. [275]-293) and index.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 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.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.e-Duke books scholarly collection.Women communistsUnited StatesBiographyWomen communistsGreat BritainBiographyWest IndiansUnited StatesBiographyWest IndiansGreat BritainBiographyWomen journalistsUnited StatesBiographyWomen journalistsGreat BritainBiographyFeministsUnited StatesBiographyFeministsGreat BritainBiographyWomen and communismUnited StatesHistory20th centuryWomen and communismGreat BritainHistory20th centuryWomen's rightsUnited StatesHistory20th centuryWomen's rightsGreat BritainHistory20th centuryWomen communistsWomen communistsWest IndiansWest IndiansWomen journalistsWomen journalistsFeministsFeministsWomen and communismHistoryWomen and communismHistoryWomen's rightsHistoryWomen's rightsHistory941.085/092Boyce Davies Carole526615NcDNcDBOOK9910777987103321Left of Karl Marx3838256UNINA