LEADER 02955nam 2200541 450 001 9910821821403321 005 20230807210455.0 024 7 $a10.1163/9789004293250 035 $a(CKB)2670000000616346 035 $a(OCoLC)909028142 035 $a(nllekb)BRILL9789004293250 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC2051371 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL2051371 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr11055130 035 $a(CaONFJC)MIL784658 035 $a(EXLCZ)992670000000616346 100 $a20150528h20152015 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aurun| uuuua 181 $ctxt$2rdacontent 182 $cc$2rdamedia 183 $2rdacarrier 200 10$a"Bitter with the past but sweet with the dream" $ecommunism in the African American imaginary representations of the Communist Party, 1940-1952 /$fby Cathy Bergin 210 1$aLeiden, The Netherlands :$cKoninklijke Brill,$d2015. 210 4$dİ2015 215 $a1 online resource (x, 222 pages) 225 1 $aHistorical Materialism Book Series,$x1570-1522 ;$vVolume 95 311 $a90-04-26372-1 311 $a90-04-29325-6 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 327 $aPreliminary Material -- Introduction -- 1 ?Towards Soviet America? -- 2 The Liberator (1929?1935) -- 3 Native Son: Ghetto Nightmares -- 4 ?Communism is the Twentieth Century Americanism? -- 5 Lonely Crusade: Union Dues -- 6 Invisible Man: Un-American Activities -- Conclusion -- Bibliography -- Index. 330 $aThe legacy of the relationship between African American writers and Communism in the US is a contested one. Bergin argues that in three novels, by seminal mid-century authors (Wright, Himes and Ellison) Communism is not dismissed as incapable of meeting the demands of black political identity but is castigated for its refusal to do so. A detailed focus on the political milieu in which these texts operate challenges many of the presumptions about the ?inability? of Communism to comprehend racial oppression, which dominate literary critical approaches to these novels. She draws on the complex formations black political agency presumed and reproduced by American Communism during the Depression. 410 0$aHistorical materialism book series ;$vVolume 95. 606 $aAmerican fiction$xAfrican American authors$xHistory and criticism 606 $aAmerican fiction$y20th century$xHistory and criticism 606 $aCommunism and literature$zUnited States$xHistory$y20th century 615 0$aAmerican fiction$xAfrican American authors$xHistory and criticism. 615 0$aAmerican fiction$xHistory and criticism. 615 0$aCommunism and literature$xHistory 676 $a813/.509896073 700 $aBergin$b Cathy$01680856 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910821821403321 996 $a"Bitter with the past but sweet with the dream"$94049848 997 $aUNINA