The Harlem Renaissance: A Very Short Introduction (2024)

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Cheryl A. Wall

Cheryl A. Wall

Board of Governors Zora Neale Hurston Professor

Board of Governors Zora Neale Hurston Professor, Rutgers University

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28 July 2016

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9780190605544

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Wall, Cheryl A., The Harlem Renaissance: A Very Short Introduction, Very Short Introductions (New York, 2016; online edn, Oxford Academic, 28 July 2016), https://doi.org/10.1093/actrade/9780199335558.001.0001, accessed 18 July 2024.

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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. The Harlem Renaissance: A Very Short Introduction identifies the issues and strategies that engaged writers, musicians, and visual artists alike. It introduces key figures such as Langston Hughes, Zora Neale Hurston, Claude McKay, and Jean Toomer, along with such signature texts as Home to Harlem and Their Eyes Were Watching God; photographer James Van Der Zee and painters Archibald Motley and Laura Wheeler are also mentioned.

Keywords: Africa, Josephine Baker, Harlem Renaissance, Zora Neale Hurston, World War I, World War II

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US Cultural History Social and Cultural History African American History

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Very Short Introductions

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