Nigger Heaven
No other contemporary novel received the volume and intensity of criticism and curiosity that greeted Nigger Heaven upon its publication in 1926. Carl Van Vechten's novel generated a storm of controversy because of its scandalous title and fed an insatiable hunger on the part of the reading public for material relating to the black culture of Harlem's jazz clubs, cabarets, and social events.The book and not the title is the thing, James Weldon Johnson insisted with regard to Nigger Heaven. Indeed, the book is a nuanced and vibrant portrait of the great black walled city of Harlem. Here upper-class elites discuss art in well-appointed drawing…
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- ISBN: 978-0-252-06860-7
- EAN: 9780252068607
- Produktnummer: 9369691
- Verlag: University Of Illinois Press
- Sprache: Englisch
- Erscheinungsjahr: 1999
- Seitenangabe: 336 S.
- Masse: H19.0 cm x B13.3 cm x D2.6 cm 363 g
- Auflage: New ed
- Gewicht: 363
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