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Book SynopsisRadicalism and Black feminism in postwar women's writing
Trade Review"Indispensable reading for the project of intellectual decolonization of the Cold War era."--
Against the Current"A powerful revisioning of the relationship between black feminism and nationalism."--
The Journal of American History "This unique study opens up fascinating new areas of discussion in feminism, literary studies, and political history. Highly recommended."--
Choice"This wonderful book makes a major contribution in rethinking the vitality and importance of the African American Left in the Cold War era. It combines insightful readings, careful research, and a grasp of the historical context that I have rarely seen."--James Smethurst, author of
The African American Roots of Modernism: From Reconstruction to the Harlem Renaissance"Higashida's book, which has rescued Black feminist internationalism, will continue to be an inspiration to everyone who takes up this challenge." --
National Political Science Review"
Black Internationalist Feminism: Women Writers of the Black Left, 1945-1995 advances our knowledge of radical Black internationalism as it accounts for the contributions of women writers who were also activists and major contributors to that formulation."--
Labour/La Travail"Higashida provides a very strong and indisputable corrective to contemporary scholarly trends and a profound rethinking of established narratives of both radicalism and Black feminism. An accomplished blend of radical social history and literary analysis, this book promises to revolutionize the field."--Michelle Ann Stephens, author of
Black Empire: The Masculine Global Imaginary of Caribbean Intellectuals in the United States, 1914–1962Table of ContentsIntroduction / Black Internationalist Feminism: a definition 1: The Negro Question, the Woman Question, and the "Vital Link": Histories and Institutions; 2: Lorraine Hansberry's Existentialist Routes to Black Internationalist Feminism; 3: Rosalind on the Black Star Line: Alice Childress, Black Minstrelsy, and Garveyite Drag; 4: Rosa Guy, Haiti, and the Hemispheric Woman; 5: Audre Lorde Revisited: Nationalism and Second-Wave Black Feminism Coda: Reading Maya Angelou, Reading Black Internationalist Feminism Today Bibliography
