Black Bostonians and the Politics of Culture, 1920-1940 (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9781625342423)

In the 1920s and 1930s Boston became a rich and distinctive site of African American artistic production, unfolding at the same time as the Harlem Renaissance and encompassing literature, theater, music, and visual art. Owing to the ephemeral nature of much of this work, many of the era's primary sources have been lost.

In this book, Lorraine Elena Roses employs archival sources and personal interviews to recover this artistic output, examining the work of celebrated figures such as Dorothy West, Helene Johnson, Meta Warrick Fuller, and Allan Rohan Crite, as well as lesser-known artists including Eugene Gordon, Ralf Coleman, Gertrude "Toki" Schalk, and Alvira Hazzard. Black Bostonians and the Politics of Culture, 1920-1940 demonstrates how this creative community militated against the color line not solely through powerful acts of civil disobedience but also by way of a strong repertoire of artistic projects.

Author: Lorraine Elena Roses
ISBN-10: 162534242X
ISBN-13: 9781625342423
Publisher: University of Massachusetts Press
Language: English
Published: 02/08/2017
Pages: 240
Format: Paperback
Weight: 0.80lbs
Size: 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.70d