Black Internationalist Feminism: Women Writers of the Black Left, 1945-1995

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BLACK STUDIES / WOMEN’S STUDIES / AMERICAN LITERATURE “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 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, 1914–1962 UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS PRESS Urbana, Chicago, and Springfield www.press.uillinois.edu I S B N 9 7 8 - 0 - 2 5 2 - 0 3 6 5 0 - 7 ...