{"product_id":"afromodernisms-paris-harlem-and-the-avant-garde-9780748646401","title":"Afromodernisms: Paris, Harlem and the Avant-Garde","description":"\u003cp\u003e • Author(s): Fionnghuala Sweeney | Kate Marsh\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher: Edinburgh University Press\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher Imprint: Edinburgh University Press\u003cbr\u003e • BISAC: American - African American\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ePersuasively argues for a black Atlantic literary renaissance and its impact on modernist studies\u003cbr\u003eThese 9 new chapters stretch current canonical configurations of modernism in two key ways: by considering the centrality of black artists, writers and intellectuals as key actors and core presences in the development of a modernist avant-garde; and by interrogating 'blackness' as an aesthetic and political category at critical moments during the early twentieth century. This is the first book-length publication to explore the term 'Afromodernisms' and the first study to address together the fields of modernism and the black Atlantic.\u003cbr\u003eKey Features: \u003cbr\u003eSets a new agenda for the study of blackness and modernism\u003cbr\u003eOpening essay from Tyler Stovall on Black Modernism and an Afterword from Bill Lawson\u003cbr\u003eIdentifies key locations of modernism: Harlem, Paris and the Caribbean\u003cbr\u003eAddresses the question of gender, often overlooked in black Atlantic scholarship\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Edinburgh University Press","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":47598176272535,"sku":"9780748646401","price":14097.0,"currency_code":"INR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0666\/3471\/1191\/files\/9780748646401.webp?v=1774999939","url":"https:\/\/atlanticbooks.com\/products\/afromodernisms-paris-harlem-and-the-avant-garde-9780748646401","provider":"Atlantic Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}