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Prove it on me : new Negroes, sex, and popular culture in the 1920s / Erin D. Chapman.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Chapman, Erin D.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- African American women in popular culture--History--20th century.
- African American women in popular culture.
- African American women--Intellectual life--20th century.
- African American women.
- African American women--Social conditions--20th century.
- Harlem Renaissance.
- Popular culture--United States--History--20th century.
- Popular culture.
- United States--Race relations--History--20th century.
- United States.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (202 p.)
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, c2012.
- Summary:
- In the wake of the Great Migration of thousands of African Americans from the scattered hamlets and farms of the rural South to the nation's burgeoning cities, a New Negro ethos of modernist cultural expression and potent self-determination arose to challenge white supremacy and create opportunities for racial advancement. In Prove It On Me, Erin D. Chapman explores the gender and sexual politics of this modern racial ethos and reveals the constraining and exploitative underside of the New Negro era's vaunted liberation and opportunities. Chapman's cultural history documents the effects on bla
- Contents:
- Cover; Contents; List of Figures; Acknowledgments; Introduction: Race and Sex in the Wake of the Great Migration; 1 Oscar Micheaux's Within Our Gates and the Emergence of the New Negro; 2 Mothering the Race: New Negro Progressivism and the Work of Racial Advancement; 3 Consuming the New Negro: The Whirlpools of the Sex-Race Marketplace; 4 Solidarity, Sex, Happiness, and Oppression in the Words of New Negro Women; Notes; Bibliography; Index; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; J; K; L; M; N; O; P; Q; R; S; T; U; V; W; Y
- Notes:
- Description based upon print version of record.
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Description based on metadata supplied by the publisher and other sources.
- ISBN:
- 1-283-42776-1
- 9786613427762
- 0-19-987720-3
- OCLC:
- 772845066
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