Left of Karl Marx : the political life of Black Communist Claudia Jones / Carole Boyce Davies

Author: Boyce Davies, Carole
Published: Durham : Duke University Press, 2007.
Copyright Date: ©2008
Physical Description: xxvii, 311 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm

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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.

Subject(s)

Jones, Claudia, 1915-1964
Women communists—United States—Biography
Women communists—Great Britain—Biography
West Indians—United States—Biography
West Indians—Great Britain—Biography
Women journalists—United States—Biography
Women journalists—Great Britain—Biography
Feminists—United States—Biography
Feminists—Great Britain—Biography
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

ISBN

9780822340966 (cloth : alk. paper)
0822340968 (cloth : alk. paper)
9780822341161 (pbk. : alk. paper)
0822341166 (pbk. : alk. paper)

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Includes bibliographical references (pages [275]-293) and index.

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