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Young describes how literature, films, ideologies, and political movements understood to have originated in the Third World were absorbed by US activists of colour. She analyses a range of US figures and organisations, examining how each deployed Third World discourse toward various cultural and political ends.
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2 editions- Hardcover · English · 2006Duke University Press · 328 pages · 9780822336792
- Other · English · 2007Duke University Press · 307 pages · 9780822336914
Politics and governmentRace relationsIntellectual lifeSocial justiceAfrican American political activistsMinoritiesAnti-imperialist movementsRadicalism