Queer Harlem Renaissance Women in the Soviet Union
The Travels of Louise Thompson Patterson, Dorothy West and Constance White
Queer Harlem Renaissance Women in the Soviet Union
The Travels of Louise Thompson Patterson, Dorothy West and Constance White
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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.
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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 | 10 Dec 2026 |
|---|---|
| Format | Ebook (PDF) |
| Edition | 1st |
| Pages | 160 |
| ISBN | 9798216260110 |
| Imprint | Bloomsbury Academic |
| Illustrations | 6 b/w |
| Publisher | Bloomsbury Publishing |
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