{"product_id":"aimzs-czssaire-jane-hiddleston-9781509549771","title":"Aimé Césaire: Inventor of Souls","description":"\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\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Jane Hiddleston\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1509549773\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781509549771\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Polity Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 03\/31\/2025\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 304\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.10lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.40h x 6.10w x 1.10d","brand":"Jane Hiddleston","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":46974605328639,"sku":"9781509549771","price":74.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_596c4671-e0b9-4f17-952c-d49f2aed435a.jpg?v=1750875519","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/aimzs-czssaire-jane-hiddleston-9781509549771","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}