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Making a promised land

Massood, Paula J., 1965-

Making a promised land Harlem in twentieth-century photography and film / [electronic resource] : Paula J. Massood. - New Brunswick, N.J. : Rutgers University Press, 2013. - 1 online resource (264 p.)

Includes bibliographical references and index.

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.

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African American neighborhoods--New York (State)--New York.
Harlem (New York, N.Y.)--History--20th century.


Harlem (New York, N.Y.)--In motion pictures.


Electronic books.

F128.68.H3 / M37 2013

974.7/100904