Rereading the Harlem renaissance

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"This rereading of the Harlem Renaissance gives special attention to Fauset, Hurston, and West. Jones argues that all three aesthetics influence each of their works, that they have been historically mislabeled, and that they share a drive to challenge racial, class, and gender oppression. The introduction provides a detailed historical overview of the Harlem Renaissance and the prevailing aesthetics of the period. Individual chapters analyze the works of Hurston, West, and Fauset to demonstrate how the folk, bourgeois, and proletarian aesthetics figure into their writings. The volume concludes by discussing the writers in relation to contemporary African American women authors."--BOOK JACKET.

subjects: African Americans in literature,  Women and literature,  Social classes in literature,  Intellectual life,  History and criticism,  Criticism and interpretation,  Sex role in literature,  Harlem Renaissance,  African American women in literature,  Women authors,  African American women,  African American authors,  American fiction,  Race in literature,  History,  Histoire,  Critique et interprétation,  Subversion,  Roman américain,  Rassenkonflikt,  Écrits de femmes américains,  Auteurs noirs américains,  Noires américaines dans la littérature,  Classes sociales dans la littérature,  Race dans la littérature,  Rôle selon le sexe dans la littérature,  Noirs américains dans la littérature,  Roman,  Histoire et critique,  Protest,  Rasse,  Femmes et littérature,  Hurston, zora neale, 1901-1960,  American fiction, african american authors, history and criticism

People: Dorothy West (1909-),  Zora Neale Hurston,  Jessie Redmon Fauset

Places: United States

Times: 20th century