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African American literature in transition, 1920-1930, edited by Miriam Thaggert, Rachel Farebrother

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African American literature in transition, 1920-1930, edited by Miriam Thaggert, Rachel Farebrother

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eng

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index present

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non fiction

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African American literature in transition, 1920-1930

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electronic resource

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dictionaries

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1260689788

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edited by Miriam Thaggert, Rachel Farebrother

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African American literature in transitionCambridge Social Sciences eBooks

Summary

African American Literature in Transition, 1920-1930 presents original essays that map ideological, historical, and cultural shifts in the 1920s. Complicating the familiar reading of the 1920s as a decade that began with a spectacular boom and ended with disillusionment and bust, the collection explores the range and diversity of Black cultural production. Emphasizing a generative contrast between the ephemeral qualities of periodicals, clothes, and décor and the relative fixity of canonical texts, this volume captures in its dynamics a cultural movement that was fluid and expansive. Chapters by leading scholars are grouped into four sections: 'Habitus, Sound, Fashion'; 'Spaces: Chronicles of Harlem and Beyond'; 'Uplift Renewed: Religion, Protest, and Education,' and 'Serial Reading: Magazines and Periodical Culture.'--, Provided by publisher

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