The Black Cultural Front : Black Writers and Artists of the Depression Generation /

The Black Cultural Front describes how the social and political movements that grew out of the Depression facilitated the left turn of several African American artists and writers. The Communist-led John Reed Clubs brought together black and white writers in writing collectives. The Congress of Indu...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Dolinar, Brian
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Jackson : University Press of Mississippi, 2012.
Series:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Subjects:
Harrington, Oliver W. > 1912-1995
Himes, Chester B. > 1909-1984
Hughes, Langston > 1902-1967
Geistesleben.
Literatur.
Schwarze.
MacCarthyismus
Die Linke
Politisches Engagement
Cartoon
Literatur
Schwarze
American literature > African American authors.
American literature.
African Americans > Intellectual life.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Ethnic Studies > African American Studies.
LITERARY CRITICISM > American > General.
Noirs americains > Vie intellectuelle.
Litterature americaine > 20e siecle > Histoire et critique.
American literature > 20th century > History and criticism.
American literature > African American authors > History and criticism.
USA.
USA
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
Electronic books.
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • The National Negro Congress and the radical roots of the black cultural front
  • When a man sees red: Langston Hughes and the simple stories
  • A writer of revolutionary potential: Chester Himes and black noir
  • Battling fascism for years with the might of his pen: Ollie Harrington and the Bootsie cartoons
  • Conclusion: Keeping the memory of survival alive.

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