| Description |
1 online resource (285 pages) : illustrations. |
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text file PDF |
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polychrome |
| Series |
Modernist latitudes
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Modernist latitudes.
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| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Contents |
Table of Contents ; List of Illustrations; A Note on Transliteration; Introduction; 1. Translating the Ethnic Avant-Garde; 2. The Avant-Garde's Asia: Factography and Roar China; 3. From Avant-Garde to Authentic: Revisiting Langston Hughes's "Moscow Movie"; 4. Cold War Pluralism: The New York Intellectuals Respond to Soviet Anti-Semitism; Afterword: Chinese Communism, Cultural Revolution, and American Multiculturalism; Acknowledgments; Notes; Bibliography; Credits and Permissions; Index. |
| Summary |
During the 1920s and 1930s, American minority artists and writers collaborated extensively with the Soviet avant-garde, seeking to build a revolutionary society that would end racial discrimination and advance progressive art. Making what Claude McKay called #x93;the magic pilgrimage" to the Soviet Union, these intellectuals placed themselves at the forefront of modernism, using radical cultural and political experiments to reimagine identity and decenter the West. Shining rare light on these efforts, The Ethnic Avant-Garde makes a unique contribution to interwar literary, political, and art histo. |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Language |
In English. |
| Subject |
American literature -- Minority authors -- History and criticism.
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American literature -- Minority authors. |
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Avant-garde (Aesthetics) -- United States -- History -- 20th century.
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Avant-garde (Aesthetics) |
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United States. |
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History. |
| Chronological Term |
20th century |
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Avant-garde (Aesthetics) -- Soviet Union -- History -- 20th century.
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Soviet Union. |
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American literature -- Russian influences.
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American literature -- Russian influences. |
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American literature. |
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Intercultural communication -- United States -- History -- 20th century.
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Intercultural communication. |
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Intercultural communication -- Soviet Union -- History -- 20th century.
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United States -- Race relations -- History -- 20th century.
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Race relations. |
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Soviet Union -- Race relations -- History -- 20th century.
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United States -- Intellectual life -- 20th century.
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Intellectual life. |
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Soviet Union -- Intellectual life -- 1917-1970.
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| Chronological Term |
1917-1970 |
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1900-1999 |
| Genre/Form |
Electronic books.
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Electronic books.
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Criticism, interpretation, etc.
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History.
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Electronic books.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Lee, Steven S. (Steven Sunwoo), 1978- Ethnic avant-garde. New York : Columbia University Press, [2015] 9780231173520 (DLC) 2015017334 (OCoLC)910664285 |
| ISBN |
9780231540117 (electronic book) |
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0231540116 (electronic book) |
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9780231173520 |
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0231173520 |
| Standard No. |
10.7312/lee-17352 |
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