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Left of Karl Marx : the political life of Black Communist Claudia Jones / Carole Boyce Davies.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Boyce Davies, Carole.
- Series:
- e-Duke books scholarly collection.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Jones, Claudia, 1915-1964.
- Jones, Claudia.
- Women communists--United States--Biography.
- Women communists.
- Women communists--Great Britain--Biography.
- West Indians--United States--Biography.
- West Indians.
- West Indians--Great Britain--Biography.
- Women journalists--United States--Biography.
- Women journalists.
- Women journalists--Great Britain--Biography.
- Feminists--United States--Biography.
- Feminists.
- Feminists--Great Britain--Biography.
- Women and communism--United States--History--20th century.
- Women and communism.
- Women and communism--Great Britain--History--20th century.
- Women's rights--United States--History--20th century.
- Women's rights.
- Women's rights--Great Britain--History--20th century.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (341 pages)
- Place of Publication:
- Durham : Duke University Press, 2007.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- 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.
- Contents:
- 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.
- Notes:
- Description based upon print version of record.
- Includes bibliographical references (p. [275]-293) and index.
- ISBN:
- 9786613035523
- 9781283035521
- 1283035529
- 9780822390329
- 0822390329
- OCLC:
- 262328115
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