{"product_id":"9781399567336-afromodernisms-paris-harlem-and-the-avant-garde","title":"Afromodernisms","description":"\u003cmeta content=\"text\/html; charset=utf-8\" http-equiv=\"Content-Type\"\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eParis, Harlem and the Avant-Garde\u003cbr\u003eThis book stretches and challenges current canonical configurations of modernism by considering the centrality of black artists, writers and intellectuals as core presences in the development of a modernist avant-garde; and by interrogating 'blackness' as an aesthetic and political category at critical moments during the twentieth century.\u003cbr\u003ePersuasively argues for a black Atlantic literary renaissance and its impact on modernist studiesThese 9 new chapters stretch current canonical configurations of modernism in two key ways: by considering the centrality of black artists, writers and intellectuals as key actors and core presences in the development of a modernist avant-garde; and by interrogating 'blackness' as an aesthetic and political category at critical moments during the early twentieth century. This is the first book-length publication to explore the term 'Afromodernisms' and the first study to address together the fields of modernism and the black Atlantic.Key Features:Sets a new agenda for the study of blackness and modernismOpening essay from Tyler Stovall on Black Modernism and an Afterword from Bill LawsonIdentifies key locations of modernism: Harlem, Paris and the CaribbeanAddresses the question of gender, often overlooked in black Atlantic scholarship\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Rarewaves","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":57267401064822,"sku":"9781399567336","price":24.06,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0092\/7504\/8033\/files\/orig_41361071.jpg?v=1779329435","url":"https:\/\/www.rarewaves.com\/products\/9781399567336-afromodernisms-paris-harlem-and-the-avant-garde","provider":"Rarewaves.com","version":"1.0","type":"link"}