{"product_id":"aime-cesaire-inventor-of-souls-9781509549788","title":"Aimé Césaire: Inventor of Souls","description":"\u003cp\u003e • Author(s): Jane Hiddleston\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher: Wiley\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher Imprint: Polity Pr\u003cbr\u003e • Subject: Politics and Current Affairs\u003cbr\u003e • BISAC: Political\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\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","brand":"Polity Press","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":45203080249495,"sku":"9781509549788","price":1546.0,"currency_code":"INR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0666\/3471\/1191\/files\/9781509549788.webp?v=1769208294","url":"https:\/\/atlanticbooks.com\/products\/aime-cesaire-inventor-of-souls-9781509549788","provider":"Atlantic Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}