| Modernism and the Harlem Renaissance Contributor(s): Baker, Houston A., Jr. (Author) |
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ISBN: 0226035255 ISBN-13: 9780226035253 Publisher: University of Chicago Press OUR PRICE: $27.72 Product Type: Paperback Published: January 1989 Annotation: 'Mr. Baker perceives the Harlem Renaissance as a crucial moment in a movement, predating the 1920's, when Afro-Americans embraced the task of self-determination and in so doing gave forth a distinctive form of expression that still echoes in a broad spectrum of 20th- century Afro-American arts... 'Modernism and the Harlem Renaissance' may well become Afro-America's studying manual.'-- Tonya Bolden Davis, New York Times Book Review |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Social Science | Ethnic Studies - African American Studies - Literary Criticism | American - General - History |
| Dewey: 810.9 |
| LCCN: 87005014 |
| Physical Information: 0.44" H x 5.45" W x 8.57" (0.45 lbs) 132 pages |
| Themes: - Ethnic Orientation - African American |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: Mr. Baker perceives the harlem Renaissance as a crucial moment in a movement, predating the 1920's, when Afro-Americans embraced the task of self-determination and in so doing gave forth a distinctive form of expression that still echoes in a broad spectrum of 20th-century Afro-American arts. . . . Modernism and the Harlem Renaissance may well become Afro-America's 'studying manual.'--Tonya Bolden, New York Times Book Review |