The Harlem Renaissance is well-known for its music and literature. Duke Ellington and Langston Hughes are heroes of Black History Month every February. But what did the Harlem Renaissance look like? This class examines the visual side of the Harlem Renaissance, especially as it was represented by painters, illustrators, sculptors, and photographers. Beginning with the idea that American racial identity depends heavily upon vision and representation, we will ask how African-Americans in the 1920s and 30s tried to reclaim the visual field, for the purpose of racial redefinition.
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