Imperfect Solidarities

Madhumita Lahiri

Imperfect Solidarities - Northwestern University Press 2020 - 1 electronic resource (232 p.)

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A century ago, activists confronting racism and colonialism—in India, South Africa, and Black America—used print media to connect with one another. Then, as now, the most effective medium for their undertakings was the English language. Imperfect Solidarities: Tagore, Gandhi, Du Bois, and the Global Anglophone tells the story of this interconnected Anglophone world. Through Rabindranath Tagore’s writings on China, Mahatma Gandhi’s recollections of South Africa, and W.


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English

book.78588 9780810142688

10.1353/book.78588 doi

print activism Colonialism Women authors English Language Racism