Measuring the Harlem Renaissance : the U.S. Census, African American Identity, and Literary Form /

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Soto, Michael, 1970- (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Amherst : University of Massachusetts Press, [2016]
Subjects:
1900-1999
African Americans in literature.
Modernism (Literature) > United States.
Harlem Renaissance.
American literature > 20th century > History and criticism.
American literature > African American authors > History and criticism.
Noirs américains dans la littérature.
Modernisme (Littérature) > États-Unis.
Littérature américaine > 20e siècle > Histoire et critique.
LITERARY CRITICISM / American / General
POLITICAL SCIENCE / General
African Americans in literature
American literature
American literature > African American authors
Harlem Renaissance
Intellectual life
Modernism (Literature)
Harlem (New York, N.Y.) > Intellectual life > 20th century.
United States > Census.
New York (State) > New York > Harlem
United States
Census data
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Introduction: The true measure of a renaissance
  • Measure for measure for measure: three eras in American racial census taking
  • Harlem society: practicing theory
  • Harlem diversity: nations within a nation
  • Harlem modernity: inventing the new Negro
  • Harlem geography: race and the spatial imagination
  • Epilogue: census geography and the burdens of representation
  • Appendix: race/color categories employed by the U.S. Census, 1790/2010.

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