Spectres of 1919 : class and nation in the making of the new Negro / Barbara Foley.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Foley, Barbara, 1948-

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

African Americans--Intellectual life--20th century.

African Americans.

African Americans--Politics and government--20th century.

Right and left (Political science)--History--20th century.

Right and left (Political science).

Radicalism--United States--History--20th century.

Radicalism.

Black nationalism--United States--History--20th century.

Black nationalism.

American literature--African American authors--History and criticism.

American literature.

African Americans--Social conditions--To 1964.

Racism--Political aspects--United States--History--20th century.

Racism.

United States--Race relations--Political aspects.

United States.

New Negro.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (329 p.)

Edition:

1st Illinois pbk.

Place of Publication:

Urbana : University of Illinois Press, 2008, c2003.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

A look at the violent "Red Summer of 1919" and its intersection with the highly politicized New Negro movement and the Harlem Renaissance With the New Negro movement and the Harlem Renaissance, the 1920s was a landmark decade in African American political and cultural history, characterized by an upsurge in racial awareness and artistic creativity. In Spectres of 1919 Barbara Foley traces the origins of this revolutionary era to the turbulent year 1919, identifying the events and trends in American society that spurred the black community to action and examining the forms that action took as it evolved. Unlike prior studies of the Harlem Renaissance, which see 1919 as significant mostly because of the geographic migrations of blacks to the North, Spectres of 1919 looks at that year as the political crucible from which the radicalism of the 1920s emerged. Foley draws from a wealth of primary sources, taking a bold new approach to the origins of African American radicalism and adding nuance and complexity to the understanding of a fascinating and vibrant era.

Contents:

The New Negro and the Left

Nation, class, and the limits of the Left

The rhetoric of racist anti-radicalism

Metonymic nationalism, culture wars, and the politics of counter-discourse

From the New Negro to The New Negro.

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Description based on print version record.

Includes bibliographical references (p. 251-294) and index.

ISBN:

9780252091247

0252091248

OCLC:

868219397