C.L.R. James: A Critical IntroductionUniversity Press of Mississippi, 1997 - 199 pages This study of C. L. R. James's writings is the first to look at them as literature and not as theory. This sustained analysis of his major published works places them in the context of his less well-known writings and offers an encompassing critique of one of the African diaspora's most significant thinkers and writers. Here the author of Black Jacobins, World Revolution, A History of Pan-African Revolt, , Beyond a Boundary, and the lyric novel Minty Alley is seen not only as among the great political philosophers but also as the literary artist that he remained, from his first writings in his native Trinidad through his underground years in America, to his final essays and speeches in London. The writings of James have inspired revolutionaries on three continents. They have altered the course of historiography, shown that way toward independent black political struggles, and established a base for much of today's study of culture. This study evaluates them as powerful works of literature. |
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... British jail to government office . In the case of Kenya , James explains that , British mythology to the contrary , the Mau Mau " was an ad hoc body of beliefs , oaths , disciplines newly created for the specific purpose of gathering ...
... British colonial system , in defiance of all authority , sets him apart both from his fellow West Indians and from the middle - class English who designed his education . It has created a social distance from which he feels he is better ...
... British cricket as well , and it is in that history that James finds the meeting place of race , class , colonialism , and art . Cricket , among British Victorians and colonial subjects alike , was once more a mode of expressivity ...
Contents
SPHERES Of Existence WHAT MAISie Knew | 3 |
AT THE RENDEZVOUS OF VICTORY | 51 |
THE FUTURE IN THE PRESENT | 95 |
Copyright | |
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