New Negroes & Their Music: Success of the Harlem Renaissance

by Jon Michael Spencer

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Boldly conceived and compellingly argued, this revisionist work offers a new interpretation of the Harlem Renaissance by focusing on its music. Jon Michael Spencer challenges the emphasis of earlier studies--which tended to bypass music in favor of literature--as well as their general conclusion that the Renaissance was a failure because it offered an inadequate solution to the old problem of racism.

Spencer's discussion encompasses the...

Format:Paperback

Language:English

ISBN:087049967X

ISBN13:9780870499678

Release Date:February 1997

Publisher:Univ Tennessee Press

Length:200 Pages

Weight:0.78 lbs.

Dimensions:0.6" x 6.1" x 9.0"

Related Subjects

Arts, Music & Photography Education & Reference Ethnic & International Ethnomusicology Music Musical Genres Reference State & Local

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