Making a promised land : Harlem in twentieth-century photography and film / Paula J. Massood.
2013
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Making a promised land : Harlem in twentieth-century photography and film / Paula J. Massood.
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New Brunswick, N.J. : Rutgers University Press, [2013]
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©2013
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xiv, 247 pages : illustrations
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The era of the new Negro: African American politics and aesthetics in twentieth century Harlem
African American aesthetics and the city: picturing the Black bourgeoisie in New York
Heaven and hell in Harlem: urban aesthetics for a renaissance people
Delinquents in the making: Harlem's representational turn toward "marketable shock"
Gangster's paradise: drugs and crime in Harlem, from Blaxploitation to New Jack cinema
Echoes of a renaissance: Harlem's nostalgic turn
Conclusion: making and re-making a promised land: Harlem's continuing revisions.
African American aesthetics and the city: picturing the Black bourgeoisie in New York
Heaven and hell in Harlem: urban aesthetics for a renaissance people
Delinquents in the making: Harlem's representational turn toward "marketable shock"
Gangster's paradise: drugs and crime in Harlem, from Blaxploitation to New Jack cinema
Echoes of a renaissance: Harlem's nostalgic turn
Conclusion: making and re-making a promised land: Harlem's continuing revisions.
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Includes bibliographical references and index.
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English
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Electronic reproduction. Palo Alto, Calif. : ebrary, 2013. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ebrary affiliated libraries.
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9780813555881 hardcover alkaline paper
9780813555874 paperback alkaline paper
9780813555898 e-book
9780813555874 paperback alkaline paper
9780813555898 e-book
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