Modernism and the Harlem Renaissance

by Houston A. Baker Jr.

Book Overview

"Mr. Baker perceives the harlem Renaissance as a crucial moment in a movement, predating the 1920's, when Afro-Americans embraced the task of self-determination and in so doing gave forth a distinctive form of expression that still echoes in a broad spectrum of 20th-century Afro-American arts. . . . Modernism and the Harlem Renaissance may well become Afro-America's 'studying manual.'"--Tonya Bolden, New York Times Book Review

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0226035255
• ISBN13: 9780226035253
• Release Date: January 1989
• Publisher: University of Chicago Press
• Length: 132 Pages
• Weight: 0.44 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.4" x 5.5" x 8.6"