A Gramscian historical-materialist analysis of the informal learning and development of black working-class organic intellectuals in Toronto, 1969--1975 (Ontario).
Published: 2005
Language: eng
Number of pages: 167
Subjects: Gramsci, Antonio, -- 1891-1937.; Blacks -- Ontario -- Toronto -- Social conditions.; Blacks -- Intellectual life -- Ontario -- Toronto.; Blacks -- Civil rights -- Ontario -- Toronto.; Blacks -- Ontario -- Toronto -- Politics and government.; Blacks -- Race identity -- Ontario -- Toronto.; Communists -- Ontario -- Toronto.; Racism -- Ontario -- Toronto.; Working class -- Ontario -- Toronto.; Identity (Psychology) -- Ontario -- Toronto.; Group identity -- Ontario -- Toronto.; Labor movement -- Ontario -- Toronto.
Description: This research seeks to explore the political-economic, cultural, organizational and educational development of the Toronto Black Communist activists who engaged in local anti-racist and labor activism during the period of 1969 to 1975---a watershed period of radicalism under-represented in current scholarly literatures. I examine the dimensions of Black Communist and broader working-class politics in Toronto in terms of the following: historical and political economic contexts; migration patterns; gendered relations; influential political organizations and community groups; and finally, written texts, and theoretical literatures. Also, three spheres of informal learning that played an important role in the development of Black Working-Class Organic Intellectuals are analyzed: (1) Inter-Generational Learning relations; (2) Organization of African-Canadian working-class social movements; (3) Experience of race, gender, and class contradictions in the Canadian capitalist economy, state and civil society.
Notes: Thesis (M.A.)--University of Toronto, 2005.

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