The other blacklist : the African American literary and cultural left of the 1950s /

Mary Helen Washington recovers the vital role of 1950s leftist politics in the works and lives of modern African American writers and artists. While most histories of McCarthyism focus on the devastation of the blacklist and the intersection of leftist politics and American culture, few include the...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Washington, Mary Helen (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: New York [New York] : Columbia University Press, [2014]
Temas:
1900-1999
American literature > African American authors > History and criticism.
American literature > 20th century > History and criticism.
Politics and literature > United States > History > 20th century.
African Americans > Intellectual life > 20th century.
Right and left (Political science) in literature.
Cold War in literature.
Littérature américaine > 20e siècle > Histoire et critique.
Politique et littérature > États-Unis > Histoire > 20e siècle.
Noirs américains > Vie intellectuelle > 20e siècle.
Guerre froide dans la littérature.
LITERARY CRITICISM > American > General.
ART > American > African American.
African Americans > Intellectual life.
American literature.
American literature > African American authors.
Cold War (1945-1989) in literature.
Politics and literature.
Litteratur.
Amerikansk litteratur.
Politik.
United States.
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
History.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Lloyd L. Brown: black fire in the cold war
  • Charles White: "Robeson with a brush and pencil"
  • Alice Childress: black, red, and feminist
  • When Gwendolyn Brooks wore red
  • Frank London Brown: the end of the black cultural front and the turn toward civil rights
  • 1959: Spycraft and the black literary left
  • Epilogue: the example of Julian Mayfield.

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