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The Harlem Renaissance: Hub of African-American Culture, 1920-1930
 
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The Harlem Renaissance: Hub of African-American Culture, 1920-1930 [Paperback]

Steven Watson (Author)
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This engaging portrait of the "first self-conscious black literary constellation in American history" mixes text with photos and artwork; a side column on each page offers quotes, poetry and pungent Harlem slang. Watson (Strange Bedfellows: The First American Avant Garde) explains the forces behind the Renaissance, from economic changes to the public advocacy of figures like W.E.B. Du Bois and Alain Locke, then offers sketches of writers prominent in this flowering. While the "New Negro" movement was initially aimed at blacks, by the mid-1920s, "Harlem became a commodity as driven by its audience as... by its participants. Harlemania set in." The role of white patrons ("Negrotarians," to writer and anthropologist Zora Neale Hurston) prompted black writers to debate what image they should project. Watson also examines the Harlem music and club world, including the thriving gay scene. Although the crash of 1929 devastated Harlem and dispersed its luminaries, the author observes, the Renaissance was also rent by internal contradictions over questions of art, politics and racial unity. A most inviting blend of text and art.
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"A grand tour of the time, place, and driving forces behind one of the nation's greatest cultural flourishings."--The Washington Post
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3.0 out of 5 stars Outlined the experience but no depth, Jun 11 1998
This review is from: The Harlem Renaissance: Hub of African-American Culture, 1920-1930 (Paperback)
In my journey to explore the Harlem Renaissance, I started with this book. I felt the author gave a good basic view of the era but he left out the soul. He focused on six or seven primary personalities of the time, from Langston Hughes to Zora Neale Hurston, and tied the times into their existence. I was left feeling like there had to be more about the era. The author also chases around issues of major character homosexuality, stating it but not really being clear about it. I was ready for it to end.
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5.0 out of 5 stars This book is informative, entertaining, coherent., Feb 7 1998
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I read this book in hardcover as well as several others for a paper I wrote. The author was able to take the disparate threads of musicians, artists, writers and benefactors who contributed to the Renaissance and weave together a chronology that contained pictures, specific information about the "hotspots" in Harlem and complete, sometimes intimate portraits of all concerned. If the Harlem Renaissance was ever to be depicted in a movie, this book would be a ready-made screen play. The hardcover edition is worth the extra money.
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5.0 out of 5 stars Their Eyes Were Watching God= A Great Book!!, Nov 2 1997
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I really enjoyed this book. I had to read it for an english class. At first I thought it was going to be hard to read and dumb due to the dialect, but as I read further into the book, I found out what a great book it was and why it was on the required reading list. I would greatly recommmend reading this book to any one who hasnot. It deals with a black woman's search for indeoendence over 25 years and 3 marriages. It is a great book and gets TWO thumbs up from me!!!
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