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Record Nr.

UNINA9910777771503321

Autore

Ferguson Jeffrey B. <1964-2018, >

Titolo

The Sage of Sugar Hill : George S. Schuyler and the Harlem Renaissance / / Jeffrey Ferguson

Pubbl/distr/stampa

New Haven, CT : , : Yale University Press, , [2008]

©2008

ISBN

1-281-72289-8

9786611722890

0-300-13346-4

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (321 p.)

Disciplina

813/.52

B

Soggetti

African Americans - Intellectual life - 20th century

Novelists, American - 20th century

Conservatives - United States

Journalists - United States

African American journalists

African American novelists

African American conservatives

Harlem Renaissance

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

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (p. 255-288) and index.

Nota di contenuto

Frontmatter -- Contents -- Preface -- Acknowledgments -- 1. The Problem of George S. Schuyler -- 2. The Ten Commandments -- 3. "The Right to Laugh" -- 4. Debunking Blackness -- 5. "The Rising Tide of Color" -- 6. The Black Mencken -- 7. Hokum and Beyond -- 8. "Black No More" -- Epilogue -- Notes -- Credits -- Index

Sommario/riassunto

This book is the first to focus a bright light on the life and early career of George S. Schuyler, one of the most important intellectuals of the Harlem Renaissance. A popular journalist in black America, Schuyler wielded a sharp, double-edged wit to attack the foibles of both blacks and whites throughout the 1920s. Jeffrey B. Ferguson presents a new



understanding of Schuyler as public intellectual while also offering insights into the relations between race and satire during a formative period of African-American cultural history.Ferguson discusses Schuyler's controversial career and reputation and examines the paradoxical ideas at the center of his message. The author also addresses Schuyler's drift toward the political right in his later years and how this has affected his legacy.