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, c2013. - xiv, 247 p. : ill.
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.
Electronic reproduction.
Palo Alto, Calif. :
ebrary,
2013.
Available via World Wide Web.
Access may be limited to ebrary affiliated libraries.
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 2013eb
974.7/100904
Making a promised land Harlem in twentieth-century photography and film / [electronic resource] : Paula J. Massood. - New Brunswick, N.J. : Rutgers University Press, c2013. - xiv, 247 p. : ill.
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.
Electronic reproduction.
Palo Alto, Calif. :
ebrary,
2013.
Available via World Wide Web.
Access may be limited to ebrary affiliated libraries.
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 2013eb
974.7/100904