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Making a promised land : Harlem in twentieth-century photography and film / Paula J. Massood.

Author/creator Massood, Paula J., 1965-
Format Electronic and Book
Publication InfoNew Brunswick, N.J. : Rutgers University Press,
Description247 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.
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Subject(s)
Harlem (New York, N.Y.)--History --20th century.
African American neighborhoods--New York (State) --New York.
Harlem (New York, N.Y.)--In motion pictures.
Contents The era of the new Negro: African American politics and aesthetics in twentieth century Harlem -- African American aesthetics and the city: picturing the Black bourgeoisie in New York -- Heaven and hell in Harlem: urban aesthetics for a renaissance people -- Delinquents in the making: Harlem's representational turn toward "marketable shock" -- Gangster's paradise: drugs and crime in Harlem, from Blaxploitation to New Jack cinema -- Echoes of a renaissance: Harlem's nostalgic turn -- Conclusion: making and re-making a promised land: Harlem's continuing revisions.
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references and index.
Access restrictionAvailable only to authorized users.
Technical detailsMode of access: World Wide Web
Genre/formElectronic books.
LCCN 2012012089
ISBN9780813555881 (hardcover : alk. paper)
ISBN9780813555874 (pbk. : alk. paper)
ISBN9780813555898 (e-book)

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