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Record Nr.

UNINA9910493210503321

Autore

Soto Michael <1970->

Titolo

Measuring the Harlem Renaissance : The U.S. Census, African American Identity, and Literary Form / / Michael Soto

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Amherst : , : University of Massachusetts Press, , [2016]

Baltimore, Md. : , : Project MUSE, , 2017

©[2016]

ISBN

1-61376-485-5

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (pages cm)

Disciplina

810.9/896073

Soggetti

African Americans in literature

Modernism (Literature) - United States

Harlem Renaissance

American literature - 20th century - History and criticism

American literature - African American authors - History and criticism

Electronic books.

Harlem (New York, N.Y.) Intellectual life 20th century

United States Census History

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Introduction: The true measure of a renaissance -- Measure for measure for measure: three eras in American racial census taking -- Harlem society: practicing theory -- Harlem diversity: nations within a nation -- Harlem modernity: inventing the new Negro -- Harlem geography: race and the spatial imagination -- Epilogue: census geography and the burdens of representation -- Appendix: race/color categories employed by the U.S. Census, 1790/2010.