Claude McKay, Code Name Sasha: Queer Black Marxism and the Harlem Renaissance

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Contents Preface and Acknowledgments xi Introduction: Manifesting Claude McKay 1 1. Code Name Sasha, “My Real Name” 23 2. The “Distilled Poetry” of Queer Black Marxism in A Long Way from Home 55 3. “Dark Desire All Over the Pages”: Race, Nation, and Sex in Home to Harlem 91 4. The “Rude Anarchy” of “Black Boys” in Banjo 139 5. “Swaying to the Music of the Moon”: Black-White Queer Solidarity in Romance in Marseille 171 Conclusion: Some Remarks on the Critical Implications of Queer Black Marxism 225 Notes 233 Bibliography 249 Index 263 ...