Stock image for illustration purposes only - book cover, edition or condition may vary.
Artistic Ambassadors
Brian Russell Roberts
€ 80.17
FREE Delivery in Ireland
Description for Artistic Ambassadors
Hardback. Series: American Literatures Initiative. Num Pages: 240 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; DSB; JFSL3; JPSD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 20. Weight in Grams: 454.
During the first generation of black participation in U.S. diplomacy in the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries, a vibrant community of African American writers and cultural figures worked as U.S. representatives abroad. Through the literary and diplomatic dossiers of figures such as Frederick Douglass, James Weldon Johnson, Archibald and Angelina Grimké, W. E. B. Du Bois, Ida Gibbs Hunt, and Richard Wright, Brian Roberts shows how the intersection of black aesthetic trends and U.S. political culture both Americanised and internationalised the trope of the New Negro. This decades-long relationship began during the days of Reconstruction, and it flourished as ... Read more
During the first generation of black participation in U.S. diplomacy in the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries, a vibrant community of African American writers and cultural figures worked as U.S. representatives abroad. Through the literary and diplomatic dossiers of figures such as Frederick Douglass, James Weldon Johnson, Archibald and Angelina Grimké, W. E. B. Du Bois, Ida Gibbs Hunt, and Richard Wright, Brian Roberts shows how the intersection of black aesthetic trends and U.S. political culture both Americanised and internationalised the trope of the New Negro. This decades-long relationship began during the days of Reconstruction, and it flourished as ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
University of Virginia Press United States
Number of pages
240
Condition
New
Series
American Literatures Initiative
Number of Pages
240
Place of Publication
Charlottesville, United States
ISBN
9780813933672
SKU
V9780813933672
Shipping Time
Usually ships in 15 to 20 working days
Ref
99-2
About Brian Russell Roberts
Brian Russell Roberts is Assistant Professor of English at Brigham Young University, USA.
Reviews for Artistic Ambassadors