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"For those whose familiarity with black women playwrights is limited to the works of Lorraine Hansberry and Ntozake Shange, this collection of 15 plays written between 1925 and 1985 by eight authors will be a revelation. They express a passionate longing for social justice and for a stable, nurturing relationship between black men and women. Introductions for each author provide biographical information and critical analyses. A useful bibliography of plays and secondary sources is also included. This anthology helps to fill a serious gap in the standard histories of American drama." Library Journal ... Read more

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This is a literary critical study of the forms of intimacy within a marginalized and stigmatized social group. The author describes the process of ridicule, exclusion, destitution, imprisonment, and rhetorical silencing in an historical period when spirited change was in the air. Though this book does not neglect the resisting black men (many of whom were homosexual), it concentrates on the humiliated and dominated black women. ... Read more

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From 1910 to 1927, the Harlem Renaissance was the time when Harlem came alive with theater, drama, sports, dance, and politics. This was the time when the residents of northern Manhattan were leading their downtown counterparts at the vanguard of artistic ferment while at the same time playing a pivotal role in the evolution of Black nationalism. Looking at events as diverse as the prizefight between Jack Johnson and Jim White Hope Jeffries, the choreography of Aida Walker and Ethel Waters, the writing of Zora Neale Hurston and the musicals of the period, Krasner paints a vibrant portrait of the era. This is a thrilling piece of work, a classic destined to become the standard work on the Harlem Renaissance for years to come. ... Read more

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A Time of Rebirth
The Harlem Renaissance is defined by artlex.com as a literary and art movement in the uptown Manhattan neighborhood of Harlem, in the mid and late 1920's. In author David Krasner's A BEAUTIFUL PAGEANT, he provides a detailed capturing of a historical time when great pride and creativity for African Americans was not an unusual occurrence.

Many people tend to think of the Harlem Renaissance as a time when only literary notables such as Zora Neale Hurston and Langston Hughes emerged, but it was so much more. There was a strong little theatre movement, great choreographers such as Ethel Waters and Aida Overton Walker, and most surprising to me, one of the most controversial sporting events of the time. The boxing match between Jack Johnson, a flamboyant and confident black fighter and Jim Jeffries who was known as "The Great White Hope", the hope of white people was that Jim Jeffries would prove that he was superior to the arrogant and inferior black man. When Jack Johnson was crowned the winner, it was a springboard to pride among African Americans.

Before I read this book I had a general view of what the Harlem Renaissance was about, but after finishing it, I have a much broader insight into this special era represented and produced. David Krasner is a very thorough writer and I was impressed with the attention to detail and the fact that the book was researched in depth. But as informative and knowledgeable as this book is, I was very frustrated while reading it because of the microscopic print which made it very difficult to read. If the font size of the print was larger this would have been a much more enjoyable read and my rating would have been a 4 instead of a 3.5.(RAW Rating: 3.5)

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Visual Journal celebrates the work of five Afican American photographers who documented segregated black communities in Washington, D.C, rural Virginia, and New York City in the 1930s and 1940s. Executed between 1929 and 1949, these works capture the rhythm of daily commerce and society and portray how such events as the Great Depression, the New Deal, and World War II affected black families and community relationships. 105 duotone photos. ... Read more

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Established to create jobs during the Depression, the Work Projects Administration sent writers into the neighborhoods and alleyways of Harlem to capture its distinctive voices during its most flamboyant, socially active and aesthetically vibrant era. It was a time when Harlem was Mecca, as vital as any world capital, surging with a tide of Negro migrants in search of the American Dream. The 1930s heralded the greatest period of self-discovery in African-American history after the Civil War and before the Civil Rights movement of the 1960s.

In this illuminating document, we are introduced to a West Indian conjure man known for his infallible charms and herbal remedies; a dancer at the Apollo Theater who mourns the untimely death of the entertainer who inspired her; a domestic worker determined to fight for fair wages and better treatment. And we meet Matt Henson at his retirement from his government job, still denied official recognition for his status as the first American to plant the United States flag on the North Pole.

Enter the bars, the nightclubs, the beauty shops, the street markets, the employment offices and homes. Visit with fish vendors, war veterans, Pullman porters, prostitutes, and countless others. Come listen to the memorable sounds of swing music, the singing and shouting of church choirs, and the lonely plea of a mournful spiritual.

A Renaissance In Harlem is an essential addition to the historical record of the African-American experience, a startling re-creation of a lost era in the life of New York City, and a valuable look at the early writings of two masters of American literature. Filled with humor, compassion, outrage and hope, it is an uplifting celebration of a place and people integral to the American story. ... Read more

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LostTreasure of Harlem and the Thirties
This is perhaps the outstanding book this year on black life and culture in the U.S. during the depression years. I am drawn to it because i was born in the time frame and my parents, although in Chciago, lived a lifesimilar to those depicted in these stories.I heard stories about how theyhad to make a living in those days. These stories also help me reach backto a time when my favorite aunt was living in New York during that timeframe. She and her husband were black people who were not out of work (shea nurse, he a prison guard) so that I suppose they fit into some sort of"upper crust" Their honeymoon in 1939 took place in Bermuda!)With the help of these stories I can imagine in my mind's eye, my aunt anduncle in the Harlem clubs and on the scene in those days. I loved the talesof Vivian Morris and wonder who she was and what became of her. This bookis why I think the oneby L.O. Graham is so shallow as this reflects onwhere people came from, prior to being placed in some sham"elite": Bravo to the author and more! more!

A Renaissance in Harlem:Lost Voices of an American Communi
My hat is off to the author.I learned a wealth of history and I laughed out loud when reading some of the short stories.This book was well researched and presented.A lot of the stories reminded me of langstonhughes writings.I am awaiting more from this author.

Voices of Real People
LIONEL C. BASCOM PRESENTS LOST WRITINGS OF THE "TRUE" HARLEM RENAISSANCE INA RENAISSANCE IN HARLEM, JUST PUBLISHED BY BARD

"Bascom challenges standard versions of the Renaissance'sdimensions -- everything from when it began and ended to its content andstyle...the pieces resound not with the voices of the glitterati but with avernacular chorus about everyday life during the Great NegroMigration...this important book promises to shift discussions about Harlem,the Renaissance, New York and Depression-era America in popular culture,literature, history, and folklore." Library Journal

"A uniquechronicle ... the range of material is impressive ... the real lifecharacters here stand out as vividly as any in fiction writings byRenaissance writers." Emerge

"The Harlem writers producedhundreds of slice-of-life vignettes that provide an intriguing view ofordinary African-Americas as they struggles to cope with the GreatDepression and the pervasive racism of the times... they include works byyoung luminaries-to-be-published, such as Ralph Ellison, Dorothy West, aswell as talented unknowns like Vivian Morris ... Bascom has produced adelightfully engaging and diverse portrait of an almost legendary blackurban community. Publisher's Weekly

"A unique and valuable additionto the literature of the Harlem Renaissance..." KirkusReviews

"The real significance of this collection is it deliverswhat was really in the hearts and minds of the people of Harlem," saysLionel C. Bascom, editor of A Renaissance in Harlem: Lost Voices of anAmerican Community, just published by Bard. Bascom, an internationallypublished journalist and professor of English, brings together works thatwre part of the Works Progress Administration's Writer's Project -- writinglost for generations in the vaults of the Library of Congress and publishedfor the first time in A Renaissance in Harlem. The essays, including earlywritings by two masters of American literature, Ralph Ellison and DorothyWest, create a vibrant record of Harlem's daily life, nightlife andintellectual scene. In assembling this collection, says Bascom, he sharesauthentic black storytelling, reawakening the voices of ordinary people,voices which were drowned out by the celebrity and the "unofficiallitetary program of the Harlem Renaissance." As noted by Booklist,"the collection represents a grittier image of Harlem than that of thecelebrated Renaissance writers, who adopted a mission of uplifting theimage of black people by avoiding dialect and any porttayals they thoughtmight be viewed negatively."

Mr. Bascom is currently collectingmaterials for a book about Dorothy West. He is available for interviews,appearances and speaking engagements. ... Read more

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When the United States entered World War I in 1917, thousands of African-American men volunteered to fight for a country that granted them only limited civil rights. Many from New York City joined the 15th N.Y. Infantry, a National Guard regiment later designated the 369th U.S. Infantry. Led by mostly inexperienced white and black officers, these men not only received little instruction at their training camp in South Carolina but were frequent victims of racial harassment from both civilians and their white comrades. Once in France, they initially served as laborers, all while chafing to prove their worth as American soldiers.

Then they got their chance. The 369th became one of the few U.S. units that American commanding general John J. Pershing agreed to let serve under French command. Donning French uniforms and taking up French rifles, the men of the 369th fought valiantly alongside French Moroccans and held one of the widest sectors on the Western Front. The entire regiment was awarded the Croix de Guerre, the French government’s highest military honor. Stephen L. Harris’s accounts of the valor of a number of individual soldiers make for exciting reading, especially that of Henry Johnson, who defended himself against an entire German squad with a large knife. After reading this book, you will know why the Germans feared the black men of the 369th and why the French called them “hell fighters.” ... Read more

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At last their story is told
It is at long last that the world is made familiar with these brave warriorsof the first world war. They stepped up to the challenge and proved themselves as true warriors and men.It is a splendid telling of a story too long overlooked.Very well done.

Amazing Response After Prejudice
I see that the clerics in Iraq want to impose all kinds of contraints on what women can do in their society. They can't seem to understand that this eliminates half of the potential workforce in one step. And for many of our years we eliminated a large source of our workforce by arbitrarily holding down African-Americans.

The truth is that African-Americans whatever they were called at the time played important parts in the Revolutionary War, the Civil War (10% or the Northern Army), and the Indian wars later on (the Buffalo Soldiers).

This is the first book that I've seen that talks about an African-American combat unit in the First World War. It continues to astound me to see what they had to endure in the form of prejudice before they could even go over and die for their country.

This is an important part of our military and cultural history that deserves wide telling. Highly Recommended.

Excellent treatment of a fascinating topic
Harris has done a magnificent job of illuminating an important aspect of American military history. His meticulous research has uncovered new information in the French archives as well as obscure family archives. His narrative style is enthralling and he is able to transport the reader to the place and time of events and still produce a fine piece of historical research. This is undoubtably the most comprehensive history of the 369th written, and deserves to be in the library of every student of African-American history as well as military historians and music historians. A fine companion piece to Harris other book on the 7th Regt, one hopes that he will continue to chronicle the exploits of all the NYNG during the First World War.

Harlem's Hellfighters should be counted with Bernald Naulty's Strength for the Fight, and Barbeau's Unknown Soldiers. More than a military history, it is also a fine lesson in the sociology of the early 20th century and the paradoxes of US military race policy.His use of James Reese Europe as the centerpiece of his work provides a cultural touchstone as one reads the unfolding pages.A must have book. ... Read more

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EX-PATRIATE BLACK AMERICAN WRITERS
Any mention of ex-patriate American writers in France evokes the images ofErnest Hemingway, F. Scott Fritzgerald, John Steinbback and other whiteliterary luminaries. Seldom are African-American names mentioned oracknowledged in terms of their presence as well as literary output fromFrance. Michael Fabre, author of "The Unfinished Quest of RichardWright", who was a Black expatriate from the United States, providesus with a history of Black writers who from 1840 to 1980 came to France asexpatriates. Most people are unaware that Blacks from Louisiana were thefirst handful from the States to come to France for education, freedom andto write. From this small group the tradition continued with FrederickDouglass, Booker T. Washington,Du Bois and other great Blackintellectuals.

Why did they come? France's tradition of liberty,equality and brotherhood was an attraction. Throughout the early 20thcentury, Blacks came to escape the racism of America and have theopportunity to work in their craft which was denied them in Europe.France's "lack" of racism was a breath of fresh air to AfricanAmericans under the mantle of segregation. France enabled them as writersto be artistically free. Each generation of Black writers who came toFrance were inspired by its so called liberalism. Yet even in itsliberalism Black writers in the 60's began to scrutinize the racism ofFrance that was articulated in its treatment of thosecolonials fromAlgeria and Senegal.

Fabre critiques each individual writer who cameand gives usa historical context in which we can understand the uniquespell that France had over attracting Black writers. The text concentrateson Black males since few Black female writers stayed over for any length oftime. Those that did are given an even treatment. From Harlem to Parisgives one an appreciation for the contributions of Black writers in France.It is a book to have in one's library for literary studies of AfricanAmericans and expatriate writers. ... Read more

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This describes the changing economic and social lives of Harlemites, and the complex responses of a resilient community to racism and poverty through the Depression. It also demonstrates that far from remaining passive in the face of hard times, Harlemites mobilized to better their opportunities and living conditions through numerous organizations and grass-roots political activism. ... Read more

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This anthology is the first to fully integrate the political and literary writings of Anglophone Caribbean authors in the Harlem Renaissance. ... Read more

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These magnificent color portraits document both the people and the buildings of Harlem on the eve of great change. Gentrification and the influx of large chain stores are replacing small businesses, store fronts, memorials on walls, and other visual evidence of the complex range of cultural identities that residents had woven into the streets of their neighborhoods. With a sense of both dedication and desperation (to beat the developer's clock) Alice Attie has produced a beautiful record of a world rapidly being lost. 90 color photographs. ... Read more

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Take the A Train

Just after the turn of this century Alice Attie made a bus journey through Harlem and noticed that a Disney store had opened (shown on page forty-five but now closed I believe) and from this casual observation these intriguing photos emerged.She wanted to capture the feel of the real Harlem before gentrification took over.

The seventy-eight photos reveal a colorful Harlem that shows a strong community feel.So many of the storefronts featured are clearly owned and run by the owners, their amateurish yet honest signage in complete contrast to the slick plastic and neon fronts that more commercially minded premises might think essential for business.I thought the storefront photos, frequently with individuals posing in front of them, came off best throughout the book because the compositions are so simple and straightforward, they just work.Strangely this simplicity is rather contrasted by a few photos that do look rather confusing: like the crowd scene outside the Old Navy store (page forty-three) or the severely cropped couple in a car (page thirty-seven).

The book is the usual excellent Quantuck Lane Press production.Designed by Katy Homans and 175 screen printed by Mondadori, Verona.The only thing I slightly miss are more looking-to-the-horizon street photos.Page eight has a shot taken from the middle of a street with the parked cars and buildings receding to the distance, maybe four or five others like this would have cemented all storefront and other photos together.

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Images Of A Harlem Gone By
I'm not from Harlem but it makes me no less sympathetic to the gentrification of the place that birthed the "Black Renaissance".This book has a very nice foreward that will capture in words what the artist is trying to say in her photographs.

I have made a few visits to Harlem and saw some of what Ms. Attie portrayed in her photographs - national chain stores like Old Navy and H&M, cops harassing street vendors just trying to make it, and the worst of all, a large majority of the older stores that have been in the community for decades boarded up.It's very sad.I just wish there would have been more photographs, I didn't want it to end.I also noticed that on or near page 65 is a portrait of 3 children, one little girl has on a pink shirt.This portrait was also used on the cover of the book, "American dream : three women, ten kids, and a nation's drive to end welfare" by Jason DeParle.Just thought I'd point that out.Good job Ms. Attie!! ... Read more

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From the early days of minstrelsy to Black Broadway, this book is the story of African American entertainment as seen through the eyes of its most famous as well as some of its most obscure practitioners. The book forms a chronological arc that moves from the beginning of African American participation in show business up through the present age. Will Marion Cook and Billy McClain are discovered in action at the very dawn of black parity in the entertainment field; six chapters later, the young Sammy Davis Jr. breaks through the invisible ceiling that has kept those before him "in their place." In between, the likes of Valaida Snow, Nora Holt, Billy Strayhorn, Hazel Scott, Dinah Washington, and others are found making contributions to the fight against racism both in and out of "the business." ... Read more

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Can't believe I'm the first to review this...
I'm absolutely, positively NOT an expert on this topic.I'm interested in the topic for its own sake, and I'm also interested in cultural and environmental factors that foster creativity. I have kept this book in my car for the last couple weeks, and I find myself reading a passage or two here and there.I've been reading it along with Abdul-Jabbar's recent book. There are quite a few books out there on the Harlem Renaissance, and the last 100 years of African-American history.I'm not familiar with most of them.

Here's why I loved THIS book.

The writing is superb. The passages are about 1-4 pages each, and they confront the reader with the snap, crackle and pop of concise, crisp journalistic prose. The authors have a knack for deepening knowledge while causing the reader to want to know even more about the topic.The portraits tend to be descriptive without being judgmental, which adds credibility to the passages and force to the general topic.At the same time, the authors seem psychologically savvy, providing internally consistent life histories in many instances. There's a phenomenal amount of information here about remarkable people and places. The scholarship appears to be quite good, with helpful references following each passage.

This review is a work in progress, so stay tuned. ... Read more

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I was interested in the plays written by African-Americans during the Harlem Renaissance and this book has been great reading for me during my regular reading hours. ... Read more

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The Hotel Theresa is the stuff of legend, and one of the New York landmarks that established Harlem as a mecca of black culture. Meet Me at the Theresa is the first book devoted to the fabulous story of the Hotel Theresa. Though it closed its doors in 1970, there are still many who live to tell the tales -- and this lively social history is based on their first-hand accounts.

In mid-twentieth century America, Harlem was the cultural capital of African America and the Theresa was the place for black people to see and be seen. The hotel was known to have the hottest nightlife in the world and to be the only grand hotel in Manhattan that welcomed nonwhites.

The Theresa was situated among a cluster of famous nightspots of the day. Locals and out-of-towners could stroll from the hotel to take in jam sessions at Minton's Playhouse, see floorshows at the Baby Grand, admire chorus girls at Club Baron, do the jitterbug at the Savoy Ballroom, and watch showbiz heavyweights at the Apollo Theater.

Black America's biggest and brightest -- Josephine Baker, Dorothy Dandridge, Duke Ellington, Malcolm X, Muhammad Ali, and so many more -- made the hotel their New York stay-over. The book reveals little-known facts and stories about the celebrities and the regulars: the owners, the gangsters, the showgirls, the politicians, entertainers, intellectuals, the fast crowd, and even the hangers-on.

The slim, white, thirteen-story building still stands on the historic corner of Seventh Avenue (or Adam C. Powell Jr. Boulevard) and 125th Street, but few of the legions that pass it day after day know that "in its day, the landmark was as famous as the Apollo Theater or the Savoy Ballroom, and more central to the history of Harlem than any other building there." As Sondra K. Wilson writes, "For thirty years [from 1940-1970] life in and outside the hotel was an exhilarating social experience that has yet to be duplicated." ... Read more

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Interesting portrait
This is a good, readable account of the famous Harlem hotel and the role it played in black American culture in the first half of the 20th century.For my own peculiar purposes, I wish it had more to say about the hotel's very last years in the early 1960s, but of course that wasn't its heyday.It gives a great view of the place, its meaning, and its people in the 1940s and 1950s, and describes aspects of African-American society that too easily get forgotten in simplistic descriptions of race in America around that time.Nutty to Meet You! Dr. Peanut Book #1 ... Read more

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Gay black men, a thriving subculture of the black and gay communities, are doubly marginalized. Along with other black men, they are typically portrayed in the media and literature as "street corner men"--unemployed drifters, absentee fathers, substance abusers. In the larger gay community, they are an invisible minority. One of the Children, the first formal cultural study of gay black men in Harlem, not only illuminates this segment of America's gay population but presents a far richer, more diverse portrait of black men's lives than is commonly perceived.
Based on two years' intensive research--during which the author lived in Harlem's gay community--including extensive interviews with fifty-seven community members, this book depicts gay black men's lives in all their social, economic, and cultural complexity. William Hawkeswood takes us from the street into the homes and lives of his subjects. He describes the elaborate network of friends, called "family," that supports these men emotionally and financially, and the community's two-tiered economic structure, comprising gay men and "boys," or hustlers.
Hawkeswood also explores what it means for these men to be both gay and black. In the process, he makes the surprising discovery that while the AIDS virus looms all around them, it has not yet significantly affected the community of gay blacks who choose their sexual partners exclusively from among Harlem's other gay black men. ... Read more

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Good intentions, but lacking.
I like the authors style and perspective but when it comes to mere scientific methodology the author is lackinig in his investigation. Not a scientific approach at all and conclusions are a-priori. I rather he wrote a book about what he thinks black men in Harlem are than doing an investigation of sorts with only a control group. He only based his assumptions on a type and class of black men that would recommend to him others "like themselves". So you can't really define black men in Harlem if you only hang around with a similar group of guys that know one another all too well. Read it if you into black male sociology, but otherwise, nah.

Beyond sympathetic identification into special pleading
The book contains many incisive quotations from gay Harlemites who consider themselves black first and gay second, and whose social and sexual networks are black. The research was done in the late 1980s for a Columbia anthropology Ph.D. The author, a white New Zealander, died in 1992, and it took a more years for the book to reach print.

Hawkeswood was so intent on challenging the focus on black male irresponsibility (and pathology), that he claims no one else studied middle-class blacks (ignoring SLIM'S TABLE, BLACK BOURGEOIS, etc.). On his way to providing an antithesis of the studies of junkies and slackers, he comes across as a Candide (or Pangloss), downplaying homophobia and "fagbashing" in Harlem and making his informants come across as almost saintly in their devotion to their churches, natal families, and social networks. Hawkeswood gathered some interesting material, and the social science literature IS slanted toward black ne're-do-wells, but is the solution "politically correct" bias in the other direction? ... Read more

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Nathan Irvin Huggins showcases more than 120 selections from the political writings and arts of the Harlem Renaissance. Featuring works by such greats as Langston Hughes, Aaron Douglas, and Gwendolyn Bennett, here is an extraordinary look at the remarkable outpouring of African-American literature and art during the 1920s. ... Read more

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This significant collection is the first definitive edition of Harlem Renaissance stories by women. These 27 stories have been virtually unavailable to readers until now. Contributors include Gwendolyn Bennett, Jessie Redmon Fauset, Angelina Weld Grimke, Zora Neale Huston, Nella Larsen, Alice Dunbar-Nelson, Ann Petry, and Dorothy West. ... Read more

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African American writers of the Harlem Renaissance generally fall into three aesthetic categories: "the folk," which emphasizes oral traditions, African American English, rural settings, and characters from lower socioeconomic levels; "the bourgeois," which privileges characters from middle class backgrounds; and "the proletarian," which favors overt critiques of oppression by contending that art should be an instrument of propaganda. Depending on critical assumptions regarding what constitutes authentic African American literature, some writers have been valorized, others dismissed. This rereading of the Harlem Renaissance gives special attention to Fauset, Hurston, and West. Jones argues that all three aesthetics influence each of their works, that they have been historically mislabeled, and that they share a drive to challenge racial, class, and gender oppression. The introduction provides a detailed historical overview of the Harlem Renaissance and the prevailing aesthetics of the period. Individual chapters analyze the works of Hurston, West, and Fauset to demonstrate how the folk, bourgeois, and proletarian aesthetics figure into their writings. The volume concludes by discussing the writers in relation to contemporary African American women authors. ... Read more

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Excellent deconstruction of works by three important writers
Excellent analysis of Jessie Fauset (The Chinaberry Tree; Plum Bun), Zora Neale Hurston (Their Eyes Were Watching God) and Dorothy West (The Living is Easy; The Wedding)- three, often underappreciated, female writers of the Harlem Renaissance.The vast majority of critical analysis and trumpeting of male writers of this important period of African American literature continues to reflect the gender, class and racial politics that these three writers explored in their fiction.

The author presents well-supported analyses of the short stories and major works of these writers whose prose documented the multifaceted experiences of class, gender and racial realities continuing to play out in American society. All three of these writers successfully integrated aspects of the folk, bourgeois, and proletarian aesthetics of black experience in the United States in the first half of the twentieth century.

The study "adopts a variety of critical approaches, including historical and feminist, in an effort to better understand the relationship between narrative technique and formal elements (theme, plot, character, symbols) . . ." The author deconstructs the plot and symbolism in the short stories and major novels, and discusses the life and milieu in which each woman found herself and its impact on literary output.The works of all three authors contributed in turn to the publication and critical success of Toni Morrison, Alice Walker, and Gloria Naylor, opening the doors to a wider racial readership for these and other writers who followed.

It is a powerful irony that compelling literature continues to be subjectively dismissed for arbitrary reasons. To judge any work as being relevant only to a particular racial category, gender, political outlook, or socioeconomic class and ignore it as not contributing to or speaking to the wider society (which includes more than just a white middle class) only perpetuates the crisis that we find ourselves in today.
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