{"product_id":"black-internationalist-feminism-women-writers-of-the-black-left-1945-1995-hardback-9780252036507","title":"Black Internationalist Feminism; Women Writers of the Black Left, 1945-1995 (Hardback) 9780252036507","description":"\u003cfont face=\"Georgia\"\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"6\"\u003eBlack Internationalist Feminism\u003c\/font\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\u003cfont size=\"5\"\u003eWomen Writers of the Black Left, 1945-1995\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003eCheryl Higashida (Author)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e9780252036507\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eHardback, published 14 December 2011\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e264 pages\u003cbr\u003e22.9 x 15.2 x 2.3 cm, 0.513 kg\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\"Indispensable reading for the project of intellectual decolonization of the Cold War era.\"--\u003ci\u003eAgainst the Current\u003c\/i\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e \u003cdiv\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\"A powerful revisioning of the relationship between black feminism and nationalism.\"--\u003ci\u003eThe Journal of American History\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e  \u003c\/div\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e \u003cdiv\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\"This unique study opens up fascinating new areas of discussion in feminism, literary studies, and political history.  Highly recommended.\"--\u003ci\u003eChoice\u003c\/i\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003ci\u003eBlack Internationalist Feminism\u003c\/i\u003e examines how African American women writers affiliated themselves with the post-World War II Black Communist Left and developed a distinct strand of feminism. This vital yet largely overlooked feminist tradition built upon and critically retheorized the postwar Left's \"nationalist internationalism,\" which connected the liberation of Blacks in the United States to the liberation of Third World nations and the worldwide proletariat. Black internationalist feminism critiques racist, heteronormative, and masculinist articulations of nationalism while maintaining the importance of national liberation movements for achieving Black women's social, political, and economic rights.\u003c\/div\u003e \u003cdiv\u003e \u003c\/div\u003e \u003cdiv\u003eCheryl Higashida shows how Claudia Jones, Lorraine Hansberry, Alice Childress, Rosa Guy, Audre Lorde, and Maya Angelou worked within and against established literary forms to demonstrate that nationalist internationalism was linked to struggles against heterosexism and patriarchy. Exploring a diverse range of plays, novels, essays, poetry, and reportage, Higashida illustrates how literature is a crucial lens for studying Black internationalist feminism because these authors were at the forefront of bringing the perspectives and problems of black women to light against their marginalization and silencing.\u003c\/div\u003e \u003cdiv\u003e \u003c\/div\u003e \u003cdiv\u003eIn examining writing by Black Left women from 1945–1995, \u003ci\u003eBlack Internationalist Feminism\u003c\/i\u003e contributes to recent efforts to rehistoricize the Old Left, Civil Rights, Black Power, and second-wave Black women's movements.\u003c\/div\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"ch-level-1\"\u003eCover\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"ch-level-1\"\u003eTitle page\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"ch-level-1\"\u003eCopyright\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"ch-level-1\"\u003eContents\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"ch-level-1\"\u003eAcknowledgments\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"ch-level-1\"\u003eIntroduction. Black Internationalist Feminism: A Definition\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"ch-level-1\"\u003e1. The Negro Question, the Woman Question, and the \"\u003cbr\u003eVital Link\"\u003cbr\u003e: Histories and Institutions\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"ch-level-1\"\u003e2. Lorraine Hansberry's Existentialist Routes to Black Internationalist Feminism\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"ch-level-1\"\u003e3. Rosalind on the Black Star Line: Alice Childress, Black Minstrelsy, and Garveyite Drag\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"ch-level-1\"\u003e4. Rosa Guy, Haiti, and the Hemispheric Woman\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"ch-level-1\"\u003e5. Audre Lorde Revisited: Nationalism and Second-Wave Black Feminism\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"ch-level-1\"\u003e6. Reading Maya Angelou, Reading Black Internationalist Feminism Today\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"ch-level-1\"\u003eNotes\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"ch-level-1\"\u003eBibliography\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"ch-level-1\"\u003eIndex\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/font\u003e","brand":"University of Illinois Press","offers":[{"title":"Brand New","offer_id":52520563605784,"sku":"9780252036507","price":86.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/products\/black-internationalist-feminism-women-writers-of-the-black-left-1945-1995-hardback-9780252036507","provider":"Freshly Printed Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}