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Description:Persuasively argues for a black Atlantic literary renaissance and its impact on modernist studies. These 9 new chapters stretch current canonical configurations of modernism in two key ways: by considering the centrality of black artists, writers and intellectuals as key actors and core presences in the development of a modernist avant-garde; and by interrogating 'blackness' as an aesthetic and political category at critical moments during the early twentieth century. This is the first book-length publication to explore the term 'Afromodernisms' and the first study to address together the fields of modernism and the black Atlantic. Key Features: . Sets a new agenda for the study of blackness and modernism. Opening essay from Tyler Stovall on Black Modernism and an Afterword from Bill Lawson. Identifies key locations of modernism: Harlem, Paris and the Caribbean. Addresses the question of gender, often overlooked in black Atlantic scholarshiWe have made it easy for you to find a PDF Ebooks without any digging. And by having access to our ebooks online or by storing it on your computer, you have convenient answers with Afromodernisms: Paris, Harlem, Haiti and the Avant-Garde. To get started finding Afromodernisms: Paris, Harlem, Haiti and the Avant-Garde, you are right to find our website which has a comprehensive collection of manuals listed.
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Description: Persuasively argues for a black Atlantic literary renaissance and its impact on modernist studies. These 9 new chapters stretch current canonical configurations of modernism in two key ways: by considering the centrality of black artists, writers and intellectuals as key actors and core presences in the development of a modernist avant-garde; and by interrogating 'blackness' as an aesthetic and political category at critical moments during the early twentieth century. This is the first book-length publication to explore the term 'Afromodernisms' and the first study to address together the fields of modernism and the black Atlantic. Key Features: . Sets a new agenda for the study of blackness and modernism. Opening essay from Tyler Stovall on Black Modernism and an Afterword from Bill Lawson. Identifies key locations of modernism: Harlem, Paris and the Caribbean. Addresses the question of gender, often overlooked in black Atlantic scholarshiWe have made it easy for you to find a PDF Ebooks without any digging. And by having access to our ebooks online or by storing it on your computer, you have convenient answers with Afromodernisms: Paris, Harlem, Haiti and the Avant-Garde. To get started finding Afromodernisms: Paris, Harlem, Haiti and the Avant-Garde, you are right to find our website which has a comprehensive collection of manuals listed.
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