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Author Boyce Davies, Carole.

Title Left of Karl Marx [electronic resource] : the political life of Black Communist Claudia Jones / Carole Boyce Davies.

Imprint Durham : Duke University Press, 2007.

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Description xxvii, 311 p. : ill.
Series e-Duke books scholarly collection.
Bibliography 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.
Reproduction Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, MI : ProQuest, 2015. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest affiliated libraries.
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.
Genre/Form Electronic books.
Added Author ProQuest (Firm)
ISBN 9780822390329
0822390329
9780822340966 (cloth : alk. paper)
0822340968 (cloth : alk. paper)
9780822341161 (pbk. : alk. paper)
0822341166 (pbk. : alk. paper)

 
    
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