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The Harlem Renaissance Revisited: Politics, Arts, and Letters
Jeffrey O. G. Ogbar
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Description for The Harlem Renaissance Revisited: Politics, Arts, and Letters
Paperback. This thought-provoking combination of social history and intellectual art criticism opens this powerful moment in history to renewed and dynamic interpretation and sharper discussion. Editor(s): Ogbar, Jeffrey O.G. Num Pages: 272 pages, 2, 1 black & white illustrations, 1 black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBBEY; 3JJG; AB; DSBH; JFSL3. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 230 x 152 x 17. Weight in Grams: 378.
This volume provides new historical and literary insights into the Harlem Renaissance, returning attention to it not only as a broad expression of artistic work but also as a movement that found catharsis in art and hope in resistance. By examining such major figures of the era as Jessie Fauset, Paul Robeson, and Zora Neale Hurston, the contributors reframe our understanding of the interplay of art, politics, culture, and society in 1920s Harlem. The fourteen essays explore the meaning and power of Harlem theater, literature, and art during the period; probe how understanding of racial, provincial, and gender identities ... Read more
This volume provides new historical and literary insights into the Harlem Renaissance, returning attention to it not only as a broad expression of artistic work but also as a movement that found catharsis in art and hope in resistance. By examining such major figures of the era as Jessie Fauset, Paul Robeson, and Zora Neale Hurston, the contributors reframe our understanding of the interplay of art, politics, culture, and society in 1920s Harlem. The fourteen essays explore the meaning and power of Harlem theater, literature, and art during the period; probe how understanding of racial, provincial, and gender identities ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
Johns Hopkins University Press
Number of pages
272
Condition
New
Number of Pages
272
Place of Publication
Baltimore, MD, United States
ISBN
9780801894619
SKU
V9780801894619
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About Jeffrey O. G. Ogbar
Jeffrey O. G. Ogbar is a professor of history and the associate dean for the humanities in the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences at the University of Connecticut. He is the author of Hip-Hop Revolution: The Culture and Politics of Rap and Black Power: Radical Politics and African American Identity, also published by Johns Hopkins.
Reviews for The Harlem Renaissance Revisited: Politics, Arts, and Letters
An articulate, thoughtful, and far-reaching collection, The Harlem Renaissance Revisited is a superb addition to American History and African-American studies shelves, and deserves the highest recommendation especially for college library collections. Midwest Book Review The Harlem Renaissance Revisited offers a rich and various account of how we might go into the future from that partially but unavoidably reimagined past.
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