Daughter of Earth - Brossura

Smedley, Agnes

Brossura

ISBN 10: 0486479536 ISBN 13: 9780486479538

Casa editrice: Dover Pubns, 2011

Riassunto

"A tale of American disinheritance told from the inside out," declared the Village Voice of this autobiographical novel. Written in 1929 by a dedicated social activist, it chronicles a woman's escape from grinding rural poverty into a predominantly male world of politics and revolution. "My aim in life was to study, not to follow a man around," asserts Marie Rogers, who struggles to establish her identity as an individual and as "a daughter of the earth," in restless pursuit of equality and justice.
Marie's hardscrabble childhood and her involvement with freedom fighters of India and China reflect the author's own experiences. Agnes Smedley (1892–1950) drew upon her own search for spiritual consciousness in this powerful exploration of race, class, and sex in early twentieth-century America. Smedley's novel fell into obscurity after her death, only to reemerge decades later as a remarkable tale of a working-class woman's heroic transformation into an agent for social change.

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L'autore:

Born into dire poverty, American journalist and author Agnes Smedley (1892–1950) worked tirelessly for the world's oppressed. Her causes included India's independence from Britain, the Chinese Revolution, women's rights, birth control, and children's welfare.

Product Description:

Written in 1929 by a dedicated social activist, it chronicles a woman's escape from grinding rural poverty into a world of politics and revolution. Agnes Smedley drew upon her own struggles to achieve spiritual consciousness in this fascinating exploration of race, class, and sex. Filled "with erotic heat which informs every page." -- "Village Voice."

Su questa edizione

• Editore: Dover Pubns
• Data di pubblicazione: 2011
• ISBN 10: 0486479536
• ISBN 13: 9780486479538
• Rilegatura: Copertina flessibile
• Numero di pagine: 406