Harlem Renaissance: A Very Short Introduction Wall Cheryl A.
Harlem Renaissance: A Very Short Introduction Wall Cheryl A. The Harlem Renaissance was a cultural awakening among African Americans between the two world wars. Wall captures the Harlem Renaissance's…
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Harlem Renaissance: A Very Short Introduction Wall Cheryl A.
The Harlem Renaissance was a cultural awakening among African Americans between the two world wars. Wall captures the Harlem Renaissance's zeitgeist by identifying issues and strategies that engaged writers, musicians, and visual artists alike. It was the cultural phase of the New Negro movement, a social and political phenomenon that promoted a proud racial identity, economic independence, and progressive politics.In this Very Short Introduction, Cheryl A.
In examining the New Negro, she looks at the art of photographer James Van der Zee and painters Archibald Motley and Laura Wheeler and the way Marita Bonner, Jessie Fauset, and Nella Larsen explored the dilemmas of gender identity for New Negro She introduces key figures such as Langston Hughes, Zora Neale Hurston, Claude McKay, and Jean Toomer, along with such signature texts as Mother to Son, Harlem Shadows, and Cane.