Measuring the Harlem Renaissance : The U.S. Census, African American Identity, and Literary Form / / Michael Soto
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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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| Pubblicazione: | Amherst : , : University of Massachusetts Press, , [2016] |
| Baltimore, Md. : , : Project MUSE, , 2017 | |
| ©[2016] | |
| Edizione: | 1st ed. |
| Descrizione fisica: | 1 online resource (pages cm) |
| Disciplina: | 810.9/896073 |
| Soggetto topico: | 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 | |
| Soggetto geografico: | Harlem (New York, N.Y.) Intellectual life 20th century |
| United States Census History | |
| Soggetto genere / forma: | Electronic books. |
| 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. |
| Sommario/riassunto: | 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. |
| Titolo autorizzato: | Measuring the Harlem Renaissance |
| ISBN: | 1-61376-485-5 |
| Formato: | Materiale a stampa  |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione: | Inglese |
| Record Nr.: | 9910970148303321 |
| Lo trovi qui: | Univ. Federico II |
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