Rethinking social realism
Subtitle: African American art and literature, 1930-1953
By: Stacy I. Morgan
Publisher: University of Georgia Press
Published: 2004
Place of publication: Athens
Language: eng
Number of pages: 356
Subjects: African American arts -- 20th century; Social realism -- United States
Description: "The social realist movement, with its focus on proletarian themes and its strong ties to New Deal programs and leftist politics, has long been considered a depression-era phenomenon that ended with the start of World War II. This study explores how and why African American writers and visual artists sustained an engagement with the themes and aesthetics of social realism into the early cold war-era--far longer than a majority of their white counterparts."--Publisher's description.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 327-340) and index