Eslanda : the large and unconventional life of Mrs. Paul Robeson / Barbara Ransby.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Ransby, Barbara, author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Women anthropologists--United States--Biography.

Women anthropologists.

African American anthropologists--Biography.

African American anthropologists.

Robeson, Eslanda Goode, 1896-1965.

Robeson, Eslanda Goode.

Robeson, Paul, 1898-1976.

Robeson, Paul.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (333 pages)

Edition:

2nd ed.

Place of Publication:

Chicago, Illinois : Haymarket Books, 2022.

Summary:

The first biography of the bold, principled, and fiercely independent woman who defied convention to make her own mark on the world.

Contents:

COVER

COPYRIGHT

CONTENTS

PREFACE

ACKNOWLEDGMENTS

INTRODUCTION

ONE Growing Up along the Color Line, 1895-1918

TWO A Harlem Love Story, 1919-1927

THREE Onto the World Stage, 1920s

FOUR Remapping a Marriage, Career, and Worldview, 1927-1933

FIVE Becoming a Writer and Anthropologist, 1930s

SIX Africa at Last, 1936

SEVEN Madrid to Moscow, Political Commitments Deepen, 1936-1939

EIGHT Returning Home and Finding a New Voice, 1939-1945

NINE Into the Congo, 1946

TEN American Arguments, 1946-1950

ELEVEN The United Nations and a World Political Family, 1950-1956

TWELVE Standing Tall: The Cold War and Politics of Repression, 1950s

THIRTEEN A Failing Body and a Hopeful Heart, 1958-1961

FOURTEEN Always the Fighter: A Pen as Her Weapon, 1961-1965

EPILOGUE

CHRONOLOGY

ABBREVIATIONS TO THE NOTES

NOTES

BIBLIOGRAPHY OF SELECT WRITINGS BY ESLANDA ROBESON

INDEX

BACK COVER.

Notes:

Description based on print version record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Other Format:

Print version: Ransby, Barbara Eslanda

ISBN:

9781642596793