Description
Aimé Césaire is arguably the greatest Caribbean literary writer in history. Best known for his incendiary epic poem Notebook of a Return to My Native Land, Césaire reinvented black culture by conceiving 'négritude' as a dynamic and continuous process of self-creation.
In this essential new account of his life and work, Jane Hiddleston introduces readers to Césaire's unique poetic voice and to his role as a figurehead for intellectuals pursuing freedom and equality for black people. Césaire was deeply immersed in the political life of his native Martinique for over fifty years: as Mayor of Fort-de-France and Deputy at the French National Assembly, he called for the liberation of oppressed people at home and abroad, while celebrating black creativity and self-invention to resist a history of racism.
Césaire's extraordinary life reminds us that the much-needed revolt against oppression and subjugation can--and should--come from within the establishment, as well as without.
Author: Jane Hiddleston
Publisher: Polity Press
Published: 04/07/2025
Pages: 304
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 0.90lbs
Size: 8.30h x 5.50w x 1.00d
ISBN13: 9781509549788
ISBN10: 1509549781
BISAC Categories:
- Philosophy | Political
- Social Science | Black Studies (Global)
About the Author
Jane Hiddleston is Professor of Literatures in French at the University of Oxford.