Race and menswear during Harlem Renaissance (1920s)
The topic is about race and menswear during Harlem Renaissance (1920s), please include interdisciplinary approaches to the study of menswear and fashion design within the context of art history, material culture, fashion studies, gender,
Race and menswear during Harlem Renaissance (1920s)
The topic is about race and menswear during Harlem Renaissance (1920s), please include interdisciplinary approaches to the study of menswear and fashion design within the context of art history, material culture, fashion studies, gender, economic and cultural history, etc.
-Annotated bibliography for visual and textual (primary/secondary) sources. Students will first complete an annotated bibliography, which includes primary and secondary sources. The annotated bibliography must include an analysis of each source as well as how it could contribute to the argument of the essay.
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The Black Female and the Harlem Renaissance
It was during the 1920�s that a “New Negro” came into being. With the end of World War I and the beginning of the roaring twenties. Black Americans flocked from the rural South to the urban North in search of a better life. The capital of this new world had become Harlem, New York, and it was here that African-American life and culture experience a rebirth during the Harlem Renaissance.
The bulk of immigrants to Harlem consisted of intellectuals, writers, artists, musicians, and entertainers. This included the elite group of middle class black Americans described by W.E.B. Du Bois as the “Talented Tenth.” This group, although under the leadership of Du Bois, Alain Locke, and other male figures, included women who were leaders and influential figures in their own right. The problem, according to Carole Marks, director of Black Studies and associate professor of sociology at the University of Delaware. Was that womens roles varied distinctly from those of their male associates. The acceptable role of the female in the Harlem Renaissance was that of salon hostess or entertainer.
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