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Author:

Boyce Davies, Carole

Title:

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

Publisher:

Duke University Press,

Copyright Date:

2007, c2008

Description:

xxvii, 311 p. : ill. ; 23 cm.

Subject:

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.

Notes:

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

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.

ISBN:

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

OCLC:

(OCoLC)154800368

LCCN:

2007029291

Locations:

USUX851 -- Iowa State University - Parks Library (Ames)

OVUX522 -- University of Iowa Libraries (Iowa City)