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The New Negro (Paperback)
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The New Negro (Paperback)
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Loot Price R356
Discovery Miles 3 560
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The New Negro (1925) is an anthology by Alain Locke. Expanded from
a March issue of Survey Graphic magazine, The New Negro compiles
writing from such figures as Countee Cullen, Langston Hughes, Zora
Neale Hurston, Jean Toomer, and Locke himself. Recognized as a
foundational text of the Harlem Renaissance, the collection is
organized around Locke's writing on the function of art in
reorganizing the conception of African American life and culture.
Through self-understanding, creation, and independence, Locke's New
Negro came to represent a break from an inhumane past, a means
toward meaningful change for a people held down for far too long.
"[F]or generations in the mind of America, the Negro has been more
of a formula than a human being-a something to be argued about,
condemned or defended, to be 'kept down,' or 'in his place,' or
'helped up,' to be worried with or worried over, harassed or
patronized, a social bogey or a social burden." Identifying the
representation of black Americans in the national imaginary as
oppressive in nature, Locke suggests a way forward through his
theory of the New Negro, who "wishes to be known for what he is,
even in his faults and shortcomings, and scorns a craven and
precarious survival at the price of seeming to be what he is not."
Throughout The New Negro, leading artists and intellectuals of the
Harlem Renaissance offer their unique visions of who and what they
are; voicing their concerns, portraying injustice, and illuminating
the black experience, they provide a holistic vision of
self-expression in all of its colors and forms. With a beautifully
designed cover and professionally typeset manuscript, this edition
of Alain Locke's The New Negro is a classic of African American
literature reimagined for modern readers.
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