Harlem Crossroads: Black Writers and the Photograph in the Twentieth Century

by Sara Blair

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The Harlem riot of 1935 not only signaled the end of the Harlem Renaissance; it made black America's cultural capital an icon for the challenges of American modernity. Luring photographers interested in socially conscious, journalistic, and aesthetic representation, post-Renaissance Harlem helped give rise to America's full-blown image culture and its definitive genre, documentary. The images made there in turn became critical to the work of black...

Format:Hardcover

Language:English

ISBN:0691130876

ISBN13:9780691130873

Release Date:September 2007

Publisher:Princeton University Press

Length:376 Pages

Weight:1.60 lbs.

Dimensions:1.1" x 6.4" x 9.4"

Related Subjects

African-American Studies History Literary Criticism Literary Criticism & Collections Social Science Social Sciences Specific Demographics

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