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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... popular arts . In a 1953 letter defending his interest in such phenomena as comic strips , James repeats that his ideas of art and society " are based upon Aristotle and Hegel " ( JR 220 ) . But upon that basis James built a new thesis ...
... popular culture's ability to produce transgressive readings . Andrew Ross cautions that it would be an error to celebrate James simply " as a ' celebrant ' of popular culture " ( 78 ) . It would be an easy error to commit , especially ...
... popular arts , James observes that " the mercurial movie - makers " ( AC 204 ) responded promptly to shifting public interests in black life and struggle , but what Hollywood's response meant in practice was an exploitation of “ the ...
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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