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No way but this : in search of Paul Robeson, Jeff Sparrow
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- Summary
- Paul Robeson was an actor and performer, a champion athlete, a committed communist, a brilliant speaker, and a passionate activist for social justice in America, Europe, and Australia. Hailed as the most famous African American of his time, he sang with a voice that left audiences weeping, and, for a period, had the entire world at his feet - and then lost everything for the sake of his principles. Robeson's storied life took him from North Carolina plantations to Hollywood; from the glittering stages of London to the coal-mining towns of Wales; from the violent frontiers of the Spanish Civil War to bleak prison cells in the Soviet Union; from Harlem's jazz-infused neighbourhoods to the courtroom of the McCarthy hearings. Yet privately Robeson was a troubled figure, burdened by his role as a symbol for the African American people and an international advocate for the working class. His tragedy was to battle ambition and uncertainty, ultimately clinging to his beliefs even as the world changed around him. As optimistic ideals of communism turned to repression under the Cold War, his public decline mirrored that of the world around him. Today Robeson is largely unknown, a figure lost to footnotes and grainy archival footage. But his life, which followed the currents of the twentieth century, reveals how the traumas of the past still shape the present. Jeff Sparrow follows the ghosts and echoes of Robeson's career, tracing his path through countries and decades, to explore the contemporary resonances of his politics and passions. From Black Lives Matter to Putin's United Russia, Sparrow explores questions of race and representation in America, political freedom in Moscow, and the legacy of fascism and communism in Europe
- Language
- eng
- Edition
- US edition.
- Extent
- ix, 292 pages
- Isbn
- 9781925321852
- Label
- No way but this : in search of Paul Robeson
- Title
- No way but this
- Title remainder
- in search of Paul Robeson
- Statement of responsibility
- Jeff Sparrow
- Subject
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- trueActors -- United States -- Biography
- trueActors and actresses
- African Americans
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- HISTORY / Russia & the Former Soviet Union
- trueMcCarthyism
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- Robeson, Paul, 1898-1976
- Robeson, Paul, 1898-1976
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- trueSocial justice
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- United States
- Actors
- Language
- eng
- Summary
- Paul Robeson was an actor and performer, a champion athlete, a committed communist, a brilliant speaker, and a passionate activist for social justice in America, Europe, and Australia. Hailed as the most famous African American of his time, he sang with a voice that left audiences weeping, and, for a period, had the entire world at his feet - and then lost everything for the sake of his principles. Robeson's storied life took him from North Carolina plantations to Hollywood; from the glittering stages of London to the coal-mining towns of Wales; from the violent frontiers of the Spanish Civil War to bleak prison cells in the Soviet Union; from Harlem's jazz-infused neighbourhoods to the courtroom of the McCarthy hearings. Yet privately Robeson was a troubled figure, burdened by his role as a symbol for the African American people and an international advocate for the working class. His tragedy was to battle ambition and uncertainty, ultimately clinging to his beliefs even as the world changed around him. As optimistic ideals of communism turned to repression under the Cold War, his public decline mirrored that of the world around him. Today Robeson is largely unknown, a figure lost to footnotes and grainy archival footage. But his life, which followed the currents of the twentieth century, reveals how the traumas of the past still shape the present. Jeff Sparrow follows the ghosts and echoes of Robeson's career, tracing his path through countries and decades, to explore the contemporary resonances of his politics and passions. From Black Lives Matter to Putin's United Russia, Sparrow explores questions of race and representation in America, political freedom in Moscow, and the legacy of fascism and communism in Europe
- Biography type
- individual biography
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- 10545475
- Cataloging source
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- 1969-
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- Sparrow, Jeff
- Dewey number
- 973.04960730092
- Index
- no index present
- LC call number
- E185.97.R63
- LC item number
- S63 2018
- Literary form
- non fiction
- Nature of contents
- bibliography
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- Robeson, Paul
- Robeson, Paul
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- Singers
- BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Cultural, Ethnic & Regional / African American & Black
- HISTORY / Russia & the Former Soviet Union
- BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Social Activists
- United States
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- in search of Paul Robeson
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- No way but this : in search of Paul Robeson, Jeff Sparrow
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- Includes bibliographical references (pages 280-291)
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- 24 cm
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- US edition.
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- ix, 292 pages
- Isbn
- 9781925321852
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- Label
- No way but this : in search of Paul Robeson, Jeff Sparrow
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 280-291)
- Carrier category
- volume
- Carrier category code
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- nc
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
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- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Control code
- 1922895
- Dimensions
- 24 cm
- Edition
- US edition.
- Extent
- ix, 292 pages
- Isbn
- 9781925321852
- Media category
- unmediated
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- rdamedia
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- n
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- (Sirsi) i9781925321852
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Subject
- trueActors -- United States -- Biography
- trueActors and actresses
- African Americans
- trueAfrican Americans -- Biography
- BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Cultural, Ethnic & Regional / African American & Black
- BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Social Activists
- Biographies
- Biographies
- Biography
- trueCommunists
- HISTORY / Russia & the Former Soviet Union
- trueMcCarthyism
- trueMusicians
- truePolitical activists
- Political activists
- truePolitical activists -- United States -- Biography
- trueRace relations
- Robeson, Paul, 1898-1976
- Robeson, Paul, 1898-1976
- Singers
- trueSingers -- United States -- Biography
- trueSocial justice
- trueSocial movements
- United States
- Actors
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