Bibliograph

Harlem crossroads, Black writers and the photograph in the twentieth century, Sara Blair

Type

Label

Harlem crossroads, Black writers and the photograph in the twentieth century, Sara Blair

Language

eng

Bibliography note

Includes bibliographical references (pages 267-340) and index

Illustrations

coats of arms

Index

index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

Harlem crossroads

Nature of contents

bibliography

Responsibility statement

Sara Blair

Sub title

Black writers and the photograph in the twentieth century

Table Of Contents

A riot of images: Harlem and the pursuit of modernity -- Documenting Harlem: images and afterlives -- From Black voices to Black power: Richard Wright and the trial of documentary -- Ralph Ellison, photographer -- Photo-text capital: James Baldwin, Richard Avedon, and the uses of Harlem -- Dodging and burning: the writer and the image after the Civil Rights Era -- Coda looking back: Toni Morrison and the return to Plato's cave

Target audience

preschool

Classification