Portraits of the New Negro Woman : Visual and Literary Culture in the Harlem Renaissance /

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Of all the images to arise from the Harlem Renaissance, the most thought-provoking were those of the mulatta. For some writers, artists, and filmmakers, these images provided an alternative to the stereotypes of black womanhood and a challenge to the color line. For others, they represented key aspe...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Sherrard-Johnson, Cherene, 1973-
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: New Brunswick, N.J. : Rutgers University Press, 2007.
Series:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Subjects:
Harlem renaissance.
Visualisation.
Representation.
Women.
Blacks.
Literatur
Frauenemanzipation
Visual perception in literature.
Racially mixed people in literature.
Race in literature.
Icons in literature.
Harlem Renaissance.
Femininity in literature.
American fiction > African American authors.
American fiction.
African Americans > Race identity.
African American women in literature.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > General.
18.06 Anglo-American literature.
Roman americain > 20e siecle > Histoire et critique.
Noirs americains > Identite ethnique.
Race dans la litterature.
Feminite dans la litterature.
Perception visuelle dans la litterature.
Roman americain > Auteurs noirs americains > Histoire et critique.
American fiction > 20th century > History and criticism.
American fiction > African American authors > History and criticism.
Schwarze.
USA.
Aufsatzsammlung.
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
Electronic books.
Online Access:Texto completo
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Summary:Of all the images to arise from the Harlem Renaissance, the most thought-provoking were those of the mulatta. For some writers, artists, and filmmakers, these images provided an alternative to the stereotypes of black womanhood and a challenge to the color line. For others, they represented key aspects of modernity and race coding central to the New Negro Movement. Due to the mulatta's frequent ability to pass for white, she represented a variety of contradictory meanings that often transcended racial, class, and gender boundaries. In this engaging narrative, Cherene Sherrard-Johnson uses the.
Physical Description:1 online resource (240 pages): illustrations
ISBN:9780813542409

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