Research Catalog

Title

Paul Robeson : a life of activism and art / Lindsey R. Swindall.

Author

Swindall, Lindsey R., 1977-

Publication

Lanham : Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, Inc., [2013]

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Details

Description

x, 201 pages : illustrations; 24 cm.

Summary

Paul Robeson: A Life of Activism and Art is the biography of an African American icon and a demonstration of historian Lindsey R. Swindall's knack for thorough, detailed research and reflection. Paul Robeson was, at points in his life, an actor, singer, football player, political activist and writer, one of the most diversely talented members of the Harlem Renaissance. Swindall centers Robeson's story around the argument that while Robeson leaned toward Socialism, a Pan-African perspective is fundamental to understanding his life as an artist and political advocate. Many previous works on Robeson have focused primarily on his involvement with the US Communist Party, paying little attention to the broader African influences on his politics and art. With each chapter focused on a decade of his life, this book affords us a fresh look at his story, and the ways in which the struggles, successes and studies of his formative years came to shape him as an artist, activist and man later on. Robeson's story is one not simply of politics and protest, but of a man's lifelong evolution from an athlete to an entertainer to an indispensable man of letters and African American thought. Swindall neatly outlines the events of Robeson's life in a way that freshly presents him as a man whose work was influenced by more than just his circumstances, but by a spirit rooted in dedication to the African's place in American art and politics.--INSIDE COVER.

Series Statement

The library of African American biography

Uniform Title

Library of African-American biography.

Subjects

• African Americans
• Robeson, Paul, 1898-1976 > Political and social views
• Harlem Renaissance
• Political and social views
• African Americans > Biography
• Biographies
• African American singers > Biography
• African American political activists > Biography
• African American athletes > Biography
• African American authors > Biography

Genre/Form

Biographies.

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references and index.

Contents

Scholar athlete -- Renaissance man -- World citizen -- People's artist -- Cold warrior -- Final curtain.

Call Number

Sc E 13-1029

ISBN

• 9781442207936
• 1442207930

LCCN

• 2012046652
• 40022115215

OCLC

809615978

Author

Swindall, Lindsey R., 1977-

Title

Paul Robeson : a life of activism and art / Lindsey R. Swindall.

Publisher

Lanham : Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, Inc., [2013]

Type of Content

text

Type of Medium

unmediated

Type of Carrier

volume

Series

The library of African American biography

Library of African-American biography.

Bibliography

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Other Standard Identifier

40022115215

Research Call Number

Sc E 13-1029

JNE 13-160