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Zusatztext "Carla Kaplan has given us and history a great gift." Informationen zum Autor Carla Kaplan is an award-winning professor and writer who holds the Stanton W. and Elisabeth K. Davis Distinguished Professorship in American Literature at Northeastern University. She has published seven books, including Zora Neale Hurston: A Life in Letters and Miss Anne in Harlem: The White Women of the Black Renaissance , both New York Times Notable Books . A recipient of Guggenheim and National Endowment for the Humanities “Public Scholar” fellowships, Kaplan has been a fellow in residence at the Cullman Center for Scholars and Writers, the Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture, and the W. E. B. DuBois Institute, is a fellow of the Society of American Historians, and serves on the board of Biographers International. She divides her time between Boston and Cape Cod. Klappentext Winner! Julia Ward Howe Prize New York Times Notable Book Publishers Weekly ! "Ten Best" Books of 2013 NPR! "Best of 2013" Los Angeles Times bestseller "Must Read" Book! Massachusetts Book Awards New York City in the Jazz Age was host to a pulsating artistic and social revolution. Uptown! an unprecedented explosion in black music! literature! dance! and art sparked the Harlem Renaissance. While the history of this African-American awakening has been widely explored! one chapter remains untold: the story of a group of women collectively dubbed "Miss Anne." Sexualized and sensationalized in the mainstream press—portrayed as monstrous or insane—Miss Anne was sometimes derided within her chosen community of Harlem as well. While it was socially acceptable for white men to head uptown for "exotic" dancers and "hot" jazz! white women who were enthralled by life on West 125th Street took chances. Miss Anne in Harlem introduces these women—many from New York's wealthiest social echelons—who became patrons of! and romantic participants in! the Harlem Renaissance. They include Barnard College founder Annie Nathan Meyer! Texas heiress Josephine Cogdell Schuyler! British activist Nancy Cunard! philanthropist Charlotte Osgood Mason! educator Lillian E. Wood! and novelist Fannie Hurst—all women of accomplishment and renown in their day. Yet their contributions as hostesses! editors! activists! patrons! writers! friends! and lovers often went unacknowledged and have been lost to history until now. In a vibrant blend of social history and biography! award-winning writer Carla Kaplan offers a joint portrait of six iconoclastic women who risked ostracism to follow their inclinations—and raised hot-button issues of race! gender! class! and sexuality in the bargain. Returning Miss Anne to her rightful place in the interracial history of the Harlem Renaissance! Kaplan's formidable work remaps the landscape of the 1920s! alters our perception of this historical moment! and brings Miss Anne to vivid life. "A work of meticulous and far-ranging scholarship, "Miss Anne in Harlem" matches its characters' shocking and subversive lives with explosive revelations and subtle insights. . . . Kaplan's haunting narrative forces a rethinking of the great binaries of race and gender."--Megan Marshall, author of "Margaret Fuller: A New American Life and The Peabody Sisters: Three Women Who Ignited American Romanticism" Zusammenfassung Celebrated scholar Carla Kaplan’s cultural biography! Miss Anne in Harlem: The White Women of the Black Renaissance ! focuses on white women! collectively called “Miss Anne!” who became Harlem Renaissance insiders. The 1920s in New York City was a time of freedom! experimentation! and passion—with Harlem at the epicenter. White men could go uptown to see jazz and modern dance! but women who embraced black culture too enthusiastical...
