Soul on Ice ~ Eldridge Cleaver. Intro Maxwell Geismar. UK HbDj 1970 in MELB

Description: With an Introduction by Maxwell Geismar. Soul on Ice is a memoir and collection of essays by Eldridge Cleaver. Originally written in Folsom State Prison in 1965, and published three years later in 1968, it is Cleaver's best known writing and remains a seminal work in African-American literature. The now-classic memoir that shocked, outraged, and ultimately changed the way the United States looked at the civil rights movement and the black experience. By turns shocking and lyrical, unblinking and raw, the searingly honest memoirs of Eldridge Cleaver are a testament to his unique place in American history. Cleaver writes in Soul on Ice, "I'm perfectly aware that I'm in prison, that I'm a Negro, that I've been a rapist, and that I have a Higher Uneducation." What Cleaver shows us, on the pages of this now classic autobiography, is how much he was a man. About the AuthorLeroy Eldridge Cleaver, better known as Eldridge Cleaver, was a writer and political activist who became an early leader of the Black Panther Party. In 1958 he was put in jail for rape. There he was given a copy of The Communist Manifesto. When he got released he joined the Black Panther Party. He then joined the Oakland-based Black Panther Party, serving as Minister of Information, or spokesperson. His book Soul On Ice is a collection of essays. In the most controversial part of the book, Cleaver acknowledges committing acts of rape, stating that he initially raped black women in the ghetto "for practice" and then embarked on the serial rape of white women. He described these crimes as politically inspired.Later in life he converted to Mormonism.Very Confronting & Interesting read!ReviewsIndustry reviews … It seethes with feeling, emotion, impression, experience. These brilliant qualities make it an outstanding contribution to revolutionary literature.” Sunday Times ‘Passionate and truthful book … His analysis of the rebellion of white American youth is one of the toughest and psychologically most accurate that exists …. Yet Cleaver is more than a social critic. The letters from prison, or about it, reveal a lyrical tenderness of a high literary order.”- The Guardian “As with Malcolm X, Cleaver’s book is a spiritual autobiography. An odyssey of a soul in search of itself, groping toward a personal humanism which will give meaning to life.”— The Progressive Brilliantly intelligent and uncomfortably original … Soul on Ice is essential reading for anyone who wants to know what’s going on, and is likely to go on, in America today and tomorrow.” New Statesman ‘A beautifully written book; complex arguments rare put forward with extraordinary clarity and intelligence; the prose are vivid, gutsy and always, even in the most rhetorical passages, completely controlled.”- The Times “A deeply invigorating, challenging boo; what is more, it is, I believe, one of the rare books without which our history – let alone our future – cannot be understood. “ - Spectator FIVE STARS … While I do not agree with everything Eldridge Cleaver has to say I do believe that much of what he says is true: the 'identity' of African American men has been defined by the dominant culture - even as the 'soul' has been stripped away. This can best be understood by what Frantz Fanon defined as 'The Fact of Blackness' - Eldridge Cleaver points out that this 'fact' is often a narrative that is (ultimately) ego-dystonic; forcing definitions on the individual that are both oppressive and destructive. Highest recommendation. GREAT BOOK … I had to be very careful with this review because I had to remember that I was reviewing the book (and not assessing Eldridge Cleaver as a person). But in all fairness, I have to say the book was great. However, Eldridge Cleaver was a highly confused, highly disturbed, extremely awkward predator who later became a drug addicted contradiction. REFLECTING … I first read Soul on Ice as a teenager and while large portions of the opening prison letters were retained in my memory largely intact, the latter essays were likely beyond that adolescent. Often misogynistic and homophobic there is a poetic reshaping of revolutionary texts into something domestically applicable. I was certainly troubled by these missteps, the loose slurs which tumble out amidst an otherwise cogent piece of criticism. The piece on James Baldwin and Norman Mailer was rather intriguing. The thoughts on Vietnam were likewise engaging. Re-reading this today unleashed a broader torrent of memory, a sidelong appraisal of my life towards activism and service. I certainly have shifted almost exclusively towards service, other than throwing money periodically at causes, I just spend my time and energy doing the work, regardless of idealism.Marvellous Reading! WHY do ebayers buy from US?Because you KNOW what you're getting. My close up photos are of the actual item & form part of my description!! POSTAGE IS $12.90 WITHIN AUSTRALIAWe pack your books with care - using secure, lightweight, waterproof packaging to ensure that they are well protected in transit.*All items will be shipped within 3 business days of receipt of payment. 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