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Author
Series
Contributions in Afro-American and African studies volume no. 60
Publisher
Greenwood Press
Pub. Date
1981
Language
English
Author
Publisher
Graywolf Press
Pub. Date
c2012
Language
English
Description
"Taking its title from Danger Mouse's pioneering mash-up of Jay-Z's The Black Album and the Beatles' The White Album, Kevin Young's encyclopedic book combines essay, cultural criticism, and lyrical chorus to illustrate the African American tradition of lying--telling tales, fibbing, improvising, jazzing up, "storying." What emerges is a persuasive argument for the many ways that African American culture is American culture, and for the centrality...
Series
Publisher
Chelsea House Publishers
Pub. Date
2004
Language
English
Description
Harlem in the 1920s and 1930s was the epicenter of a rebirth in African-American literature with the poetry and prose of writers such as Langston Hughes, Zora Neale Hurston, and Gwendolyn Brooks. This volume examines the defining themes and styles of African-American literature during this period. Presents essays that document the origins and influence of the Harlem Renaissance, focusing on key writing figures and artists and the many challenges...
76) Propaganda and aesthetics: the literary politics of Afro-American magazines in the twentieth century
Author
Publisher
University of Massachusetts Press
Pub. Date
1979
Language
English
Author
Series
Publication volume no. 2
Publisher
Trustees of the Public Library of the City of Boston
Pub. Date
1977
Language
English
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