Picturing the New Negro : Harlem Renaissance print culture and modern black identity /

Picturing the New Negro : Harlem Renaissance print culture and modern black identity / Caroline Goeser.

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"This innovative study examines the efforts of Harlem Renaissance artists and writers to create a hybrid expression of black identity that drew on their ancient past while participating in contemporary American culture. Caroline Goeser investigates a critical component of Harlem Renaissance pri...

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Online Access: Full Text (via Internet Archive)
Main Author: Goeser, Caroline (Author)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Lawrence, Kan. : University Press of Kansas, [2007]
Series:Culture America.
Subjects:
African Americans in art.
Illustration of books > New York (State) > New York > 20th century.
Magazine illustration > New York (State) > New York > 20th century.
African American illustrators > New York (State) > New York.
Harlem Renaissance.
African American illustrators.
Illustration of books.
Magazine illustration.
New York (State) > New York.
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Summary:"This innovative study examines the efforts of Harlem Renaissance artists and writers to create a hybrid expression of black identity that drew on their ancient past while participating in contemporary American culture. Caroline Goeser investigates a critical component of Harlem Renaissance print culture that until now has been largely overlooked, arguing that illustrations became the most timely and often most radical visual products of the movement."--Jacket.
Physical Description:1 online resource (xiv, 360 pages : illustrations)
Bibliography:Includes bibliographical references (pages 305-350) and index.

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