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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 originated and evolved; and reexamine the
sociopolitical contexts of this extraordinary black creative class.
Delving into these topics anew, The Harlem Renaissance Revisited
reconsiders the national and international connections of the movement
and how it challenged clichA(c)d interpretations of sexuality, gender,
race, and class. The contributors show how those who played an integral
role in shattering stereotypes about black creativity pointed the way
toward real freedom in the United States, in turn sowing some of the
seeds of the Black Power movement.

A fascinating chapter in the
history of the African American experience and New York City, the
cultural flowering of the Harlem Renaissance reverberates today. 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.

The Harlem Renaissance Revisited: Politics, Arts, and Letters (Paperback)

By Jeffrey O. G. Ogbar

$30.00

ISBN-13: 9780801894619
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Published: Johns Hopkins University Press, 7/2010

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