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Informationen zum Autor Anne Elizabeth Carroll is Associate Professor of English at Wichita State University. Klappentext This book focuses on the collaborative illustrated volumes published during the Harlem Renaissance, in which African Americans used written and visual texts to shape ideas about themselves and to redefine African American identity. Anne Elizabeth Carroll argues that these volumes show how participants in the movement engaged in the processes of representation and identity formation in sophisticated and largely successful ways. Though they have received little scholarly attention, these volumes constitute an important aspect of the cultural production of the Harlem Renaissance. Word, Image, and the New Negro marks the beginning of a long-overdue recovery of this legacy and points the way to a greater understanding of the potential of texts to influence social change. Zusammenfassung During the Harlem Renaissance African Americans used written and visual texts to shape ideas about themselves and to redefine African American identity. The author argues that these collaborative volumes show how participants engaged in the processes of representation and identity formation in sophisticated and largely successful ways. Inhaltsverzeichnis Contents List of Illustrations Introduction: Texts, Ideas, and Identities 1. Protest and Affirmation: Composite Texts in The Crisis 2. Objectivity and Social Change: Essays and News Stories in Opportunity 3. The Arts as a Social Tool: Mixing Media in The Crisis and Opportunity 4. Survey Graphic's Harlem Issue: Defining the New Negro as American 5. Collective Identity in the Anthology: Representing the Race in The New Negro 6. The Importance of Multiple Identities: Fire!! as an Avant-garde Arts Magazine Conclusion: The Evolving Portrait Notes Works Cited Index
