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UNINA9910970148303321 |
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Autore |
Soto Michael <1970-> |
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Titolo |
Measuring the Harlem Renaissance : The U.S. Census, African American Identity, and Literary Form / / Michael Soto |
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Amherst : , : University of Massachusetts Press, , [2016] |
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Baltimore, Md. : , : Project MUSE, , 2017 |
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©[2016] |
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Edizione |
[1st ed.] |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (pages cm) |
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Disciplina |
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Soggetti |
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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 |
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Lingua di pubblicazione |
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Formato |
Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references and index. |
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Nota di contenuto |
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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. |
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Sommario/riassunto |
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In this provocative study, Michael Soto examines African American cultural forms through the lens of census history to tell the story of how U.S.officialdom--in particular the Census Bureau--placed persons of African descent within a shifting taxonomy of racial difference, and how African American writers and intellectuals described a far more. |
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