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Making a promised land : Harlem in twentieth-century photography and film /
In this book, the author examines the interconnected histories of African American representation, urban life, and citizenship as documented in still and moving images of Harlem over the course of the twentieth century. She analyzes how photography and film have been used over time to make African A...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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New Brunswick, N.J. ; London :
Rutgers University Press,
[2013]
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
| Sumario: | In this book, the author examines the interconnected histories of African American representation, urban life, and citizenship as documented in still and moving images of Harlem over the course of the twentieth century. She analyzes how photography and film have been used over time to make African American culture visible to itself and to a wider audience and charts the ways in which Harlem, the "Mecca of the New Negro,” became a battleground in the struggle to define American politics, aesthetics, and citizenship. |
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| Descripción Física: | 1 online resource (xiv, 247 pages) : illustrations |
| Bibliografía: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| ISBN: | 9780813555898 0813555892 9781461934943 146193494X |