Eldridge Cleaver Social Sciences English

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by Eldridge Cleaver

ISBN: 038533379X
ISBN13: 978-0385333795
Language: English
Publisher: Delta; Sixteenth Printing edition (January 12, 1999)
Pages: 256
Category: Social Sciences
Subategory: Sociology

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Soul on Ice is a memoir and collection of essays by Eldridge Cleaver.

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.

Soul on Ice is an outstanding book. The completely changed my view of Eldridge Cleaver. Pages with related products.

I now know more about Eldridge Cleaver through his collection of short essays, covering diverse topics such as Muhammed Ali, Malcolm X, the sexual politics of race, war and politics, from Soul on Ice.

The now-classic memoir that shocked, outraged, and ultimately changed. I now know more about Eldridge Cleaver through his collection of short essays, covering diverse topics such as Muhammed Ali, Malcolm X, the sexual politics of race, war and politics, from Soul on Ice. Cleaver’s writing is extremely infuriating yet it’s hard to stop reading. Cleaver’s views are so old-fashioned, homophobic, and misogynistic and, at times, This book is one of the several books I planned on reading to help fill in some of the woeful gaps in my knowledge of the Civil Rights movement.

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The now-classic memoir that shocked, outraged, and ultimately changed the way America looked at the civil rights movement and the black experience.

Introduction by Maxwell Geismar. I. Letters from prison. On becoming - Soul on ice - Four vignettes, 1. On Watts, 2. Eyes, 3. Soul food, 4. A religious conversion, more or less - "The Christ" and his teachings - A day in Folsom Prison - Initial reactions on the assassination of Malcolm X. II. Blood of the beast. III. Prelude to love-three letters

His is almost a household name, but somehow he has left an ambiguous legacy. He is best known for his first book, Soul on Ice, which served as a compilation of his prison writings.

His is almost a household name, but somehow he has left an ambiguous legacy. The book was critically acclaimed across racial divisions and Cleaver soon found himself quite the celebrity.

The reissue of Eldridge Cleaver's Soul on Ice will challenge the current bleaching out of the black influence on the cultural and political climate of the sixties

The reissue of Eldridge Cleaver's Soul on Ice will challenge the current bleaching out of the black influence on the cultural and political climate of the sixties. This book is a classic because it is not merely a book about that decade, regarded as demonic by some and by others as the most thrilling and humanistic of this century, Soul on Ice is the sixties. The smell of protest, SouI.

The now-classic memoir that shocked, outraged, and ultimately changed the way America 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.

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Nikohn

Eldridge Cleaver’s Soul on Ice has become a modern classic even though Cleaver later repudiated the book and became a conservative Christian. This book is not an autobiography or even a spiritual autobiography as much as it is a collection of essays expressing Cleaver’s point of view. The essays all were written when he was in prison serving nine years for raping a white woman.

Cleaver has an engaging style that draws the reader in, even though some parts of the book are abhorrent. The cadence of Cleaver’s style is almost musical. The writing — with one exception, is clear and lucid. The pacing is smooth, and the book is a fast read. If Cleaver had not joined the Black Panther Party he could have made a profession as a writer.

Although parts of the book are distressing to read, it is a gripping book. The book was written while Cleaver was in prison, serving time for raping a white woman. In the earlier parts of the book, Cleaver demonstrates his allegiance to the Nation of Islam and Elijah Muhammad, but he later leaves the Nation of Islam without saying why.

The book has four sections, and, unsurprisingly, the quality of the essays are uneven. The essays in the first two sections are best. The third section is a series of love letters written to his lawyer, a white woman. The first two essays in the fourth section covering Cleaver’s metaphysics are inscrutable, even with multiple readings.

This book is for anyone interested in race relations in the US which should include everyone. Although the book is captivating as it is, I wish Cleaver had written a more straightforward autobiography or spiritual autobiography. What Cleaver does supply are glances into the windows of his soul. What we see is not always pretty, but it is an authentic representation.

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good book

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One of the best texts I've read in quite some time.

Kiutondyl

I read this in 71 the I graduated high school!! Very Happy I did !

Nea

This book is a book gives great insight to the thoughts of a black man and his views on the white race and white women, the black race and black women, politics and more. Very interesting read.

Akta

Very nice book in great condition. Thanks.

The best of the essays in this book challenge the prevalent viewpoint in the US and offer exposure to the perspective of a very intelligent person born with the odds against him. Enlightening. The worst of the essays (three love letters, some pseudo intellectual, anti-homosexual, generalizations on the racial/gender/sexual roles of black men and women and white men and women (No mention of any others identity groups. Cleaver seems blind to other minorities, age discrimination, LGBTQ, etc)) are sort of painful to read. One could do better with collections of Malcolm X speeches, or Howard Zinn's "A People's History of the US".