{"product_id":"9781509549771","title":"Aimé Césaire Inventor of Souls","description":"\u003ch3\u003eBlack Lives\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003ch1\u003eAimé Césaire\u003c\/h1\u003e\u003ch2\u003eInventor of Souls\u003c\/h2\u003e\u003ch3\u003eJane Hiddleston\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cb\u003eSocial Science \/ Black Studies\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eAimé Césaire is arguably the greatest Caribbean literary writer in history. Best known for his incendiary epic poem \u003ci\u003eNotebook of a Return to My Native Land\u003c\/i\u003e, Césaire reinvented black culture by conceiving 'négritude' as a dynamic and continuous process of self-creation.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIn 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.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eCésaire'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.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e \u003cb\u003eJane Hiddleston\u003c\/b\u003e is Professor of Literatures in French at the University of Oxford.\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ctable\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003ePublication Date: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e31 March 2025\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003ePublisher: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003ePolity Press\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eImprint: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003ePolity\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eISBN-13: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e9781509549771\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eFormat: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eHardback\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003ePage Count: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e304\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eWeight (oz): \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e16.8\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003c\/table\u003e","brand":"Polity Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44348215984268,"sku":"9781509549771","price":67.46,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0710\/9545\/1788\/files\/9781509549771.jpg?v=1780170632","url":"https:\/\/fh90cf-fv.myshopify.com\/products\/9781509549771","provider":"Late Knight Books and Services, LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}