Afromodernisms: Paris, Harlem and the Avant-Garde

Fionnghuala Sweeney (Curatore)

Kate Marsh (Curatore)

Edinburgh University Press, 2026

Persuasively argues for a black Atlantic literary renaissance and its impact on modernist studies These 9 new chapters stretch current canonical configurations of modernism in two key ways: by considering the centrality of black artists, writers and intellectuals as key actors and core presences in the development of a modernist avant-garde; and by interrogating 'blackness' as an aesthetic and political category at critical moments during the early twentieth century. This is the first book-length publication to explore the term 'Afromodernisms' and the first study to address together the fields of modernism and the black Atlantic. Key Features: Sets a new agenda for the study of blackness and modernism Opening essay from Tyler Stovall on Black Modernism and an Afterword from Bill Lawson Identifies key locations of modernism: Harlem, Paris and the Caribbean Addresses the question of gender, often overlooked in black Atlantic scholarship

• Curatore: Fionnghuala Sweeney, Kate Marsh
• Editore: Edinburgh University Press
• Anno: 2026
• Rilegatura: Paperback / softback
• Pagine: 264 p.
• Dimensioni: 234 x 156 mm
• EAN: 9781399567336

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