03908cam a2200457 i 4500 126859 20230411085743.0 151119s2016 nyua b 001 0 eng 18865754 2015038527 9780199335558 (paperback : acid-free paper) DLC eng DLC rda DLC pcc n-us--- n-us-ny R AC 5 V573 810.9/896073 Wall, Cheryl A. The Harlem Renaissance : a very short introduction / Cheryl A. Wall. New York, NY : Oxford University Press, c2016 135 p : ill. ; 18 cm. Very short introductions; n.479 "The Harlem Renaissance was a cultural awakening among African Americans between the two world wars. It was the cultural phase of the "New Negro" movement, a social and political phenomenon that promoted a proud racial identity, economic independence, and progressive politics. In this Very Short Introduction, Cheryl A. Wall captures the Harlem Renaissance's zeitgeist by identifying issues and strategies that engaged writers, musicians, and visual artists alike. She introduces key figures such as Langston Hughes, Zora Neale Hurston, Claude McKay, and Jean Toomer, along with such signature texts as "Mother to Son," "Harlem Shadows," and Cane. In examining the "New Negro," she looks at the art of photographer James Van der Zee and painters Archibald Motley and Laura Wheeler and the way Marita Bonner, Jessie Fauset, and Nella Larsen explored the dilemmas of gender identity for New Negro women. Focusing on Harlem as a cultural capital, Wall covers theater in New York, where black musicals were produced on Broadway almost every year during the 1920s. She also depicts Harlem nightlife with its rent parties and clubs catering to working class blacks, wealthy whites, and gays of both races, and the movement of Renaissance artists to Paris. From Hughes's "The Negro Speaks of Rivers" to W.E.B. Du Bois's novel Dark Princess, black Americans explored their relationship to Africa. Many black American intellectuals met African intellectuals in Paris, where they made common cause against European colonialism and race prejudice. Folklore - spirituals, stories, sermons, and dance - was considered raw material that the New Negro artist could alchemize into art. Consequently, they applauded the performance of spirituals on the concert stage by artists like Roland Hayes and Paul Robeson. The Harlem Renaissance left an indelible mark not only on African American visual and performing arts, but, as Cheryl Wall shows, its legacies are all around us"-- Provided by publisher. Includes bibliographical references (p. 124-127) and index. "When the negro was in vogue" -- Inventing new selves -- Harlem: city of dream -- What is Africa to me? -- "Strong roots sink down" -- Epilogue: Beyond Harlem. Harlem Renaissance. American literature African American authors History and criticism. African American arts New York (State) New York 20th century. African Americans New York (State) New York Intellectual life. African Americans in popular culture. African Americans in literature. Harlem (New York, N.Y.) Intellectual life. Harlem Renaissance (Movimiento cultural). Literatura americana Autores afroamericanos Historia y crítica. Arte afroamericano Nueva York (Estados Unidos) Siglo XX. Afroamericanos Nueva York (Estados Unidos) Vida intelectual. Afroamericanos Cultura popular. Afroamericanos en la literatura. Harlem (Nueva York, Estados Unidos) Vida intelectual. lcc bk rsfv 106983 106983 0 0 lcc 0 0 REF BJB BJB REF 2023-04-11 0 R AC 5 V573 00000119727 2019-02-17 00:00:00 1 2019-02-17 bk