Queer Harlem Renaissance Women in the Soviet Union
The Travels of Louise Thompson Patterson, Dorothy West and Constance White
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Description
Queer Harlem Renaissance Women in the Soviet Union: The Travels of Louise Thompson Patterson, Dorothy West and Constance White explores the experiences of three prominent African American women from the Harlem Renaissance before, during and after a trip to Russia in 1932. Louise Thompson Patterson, Dorothy West and Constance White underwent gendered, racialized and sexualized transformations as a result of the trip, which they documented in works such as interviews, letters and magazines. Aisha Powell argues that it is salient to the historical record that the re-storying of this trip through the lens of women, as it has predominantly been understood through a man's gaze. This book reviews how the perceivable, rigid, White cold country of Russia provided a place of solace for three marginalized women.
Table of Contents
Chapter 1 The Black and Red Problem
Chapter 2: The Women in the 1932 Soviet Union
Chapter 3: The End: Stranded, Politics, and Dissent
Conclusion
Product details
| Published | Dec 10 2026 |
|---|---|
| Format | Hardback |
| Edition | 1st |
| Pages | 160 |
| ISBN | 9781666949520 |
| Imprint | Bloomsbury Academic |
| Illustrations | 6 b/w |
| Dimensions | 229 x 152 mm |
| Publisher | Bloomsbury Publishing |
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