Enter the New Negroes: Images of Race in American Culture

by Martha Jane Nadell

With the appearance of the urban, modern, diverse "New Negro" in the Harlem Renaissance, writers and critics began a vibrant debate on the nature of African-American identity, community, and history. Martha Jane Nadell offers an illuminating new perspective on the period and the decades immediately following it in a fascinating exploration of the neglected role played by visual images of race in that debate.

After tracing the literary...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0674368827
• ISBN13: 9780674368828
• Release Date: February 2004
• Publisher: Harvard University Press
• Length: 211 Pages
• Weight: 1.20 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 6.7" x 9.6"