Picturing the New Negro
Subtitle: Harlem Renaissance Print Culture And Modern Black Identity (Cultureamerica)
Publisher: University Press of Kansas
Published: December 12, 2006
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 360
ISBN-13: 9780700614660
Subjects: Black studies; Literary studies: general; The Arts: General Issues; United States - 20th Century; Literary Criticism; Art & Art Instruction; English; Illustration of books; USA; Magazine illustration; Graphic Arts - General; American - African American & Black; American - African American; Techniques - Printmaking; 20th century; African Americans in art; New York; New York (State)
Description: "This innovative study examines the efforts of Harlem Renaissance artists and writers to create a hybrid expression of black identity that drew on their ancient past while participating in contemporary American culture. Caroline Goeser investigates a critical component of Harlem Renaissance print culture that until now has been largely overlooked, arguing that illustrations became the most timely and often most radical visual products of the movement."--book jacket.