A Long Way from Home
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A Long Way from Home is Claude McKay’s 1937 autobiographical work recounting his life as a Jamaican-born writer and activist navigating race, politics, and exile in the early 20th century.
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| Label | Occurrences |
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| A Long Way from Home canonical | 3 |
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| Predicate | Object |
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| instanceOf |
autobiography
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nonfiction book ⓘ |
| author | Claude McKay ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States of America
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surface form:
United States
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| depictsTimePeriod | early 20th century ⓘ |
| describes |
Black intellectual life in the early 20th century
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Claude McKay’s experiences with racism ⓘ Claude McKay’s political evolution ⓘ Claude McKay’s travels abroad ⓘ leftist political circles ⓘ |
| genre |
autobiography
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political memoir ⓘ travel writing ⓘ |
| hasNarrativePerspective | first-person ⓘ |
| hasTheme |
colonialism and its legacies
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migration ⓘ political disillusionment ⓘ racial identity ⓘ search for belonging ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| literaryMovement | Harlem Renaissance ⓘ |
| mainSubject |
Claude McKay
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Harlem Renaissance ⓘ Jamaican diaspora ⓘ communism ⓘ exile ⓘ politics ⓘ race relations ⓘ |
| notableFor |
account of a Black Caribbean writer in global leftist movements
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critique of racism in the United States and Europe ⓘ insider view of the Harlem Renaissance ⓘ |
| partOfAuthor’sOeuvre | Claude McKay bibliography ⓘ |
| publicationYear | 1937 ⓘ |
| relatedWork |
Banana Bottom
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Banjo ⓘ Home to Harlem ⓘ |
| setting |
Europe
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Harlem ⓘ
surface form:
Harlem, New York City
Jamaica ⓘ Soviet Union ⓘ United States of America ⓘ
surface form:
United States
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