The African American Roots of Modernism: From Reconstruction to the Harlem Renaissance

by James Smethurst

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The period between 1880 and 1918, at the end of which Jim Crow was firmly established and the Great Migration of African Americans was well under way, was not the nadir for black culture, James Smethurst reveals, but instead a time of profound response from African American intellectuals. The African American Roots of Modernism explores how the Jim Crow system triggered significant artistic and intellectual responses from African American writers,...

Format:Paperback

Language:English

ISBN:0807871850

ISBN13:9780807871850

Release Date:June 2011

Publisher:University of North Carolina Press

Length:264 Pages

Weight:0.90 lbs.

Dimensions:0.7" x 6.2" x 9.2"

Related Subjects

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

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