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Modernism and the Harlem Renaissance
Jr., Houston A. Baker
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"Mr. Baker perceives the Harlem Renaissance as a crucial moment in a movement, predating the 1920's, when Afro-Americans embraced the task of self-determination and in so doing gave forth a distinctive form of expression that still echoes in a broad spectrum of 20th-century Afro-American arts. . . . Modernism and the Harlem Renaissance may well become Afro-America's 'studying manual.'"—Tonya Bolden, New York Times Book Review
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The Harlem Renaissance (1918–1937) was the most influential single movement in African American literary history. Its key figures include W. E. B. Du Bois, Nella Larsen, Zora Neale Hurston, Claude McKay, and Langston Hughes. The movement laid the groundwork for all later African American literature, and had an enormous impact on later black literature world-wide. With chapters by a wide range of well-known scholars, this Companion is an authoritative and engaging guide to the movement. It first discusses the historical contexts of the Harlem Renaissance, both national and international; then presents original discussions of a wide array of authors and texts; and finally treats the reputation of the movement in later years. Giving full play to the disagreements and differences that energized the renaissance, this Companion presents the best of current wisdom as well as a set of new readings encouraging further exploration of this dynamic field.
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Challenging conventional constructions of the Harlem Renaissance and American modernism, Daylanne English links writers from both movements to debates about eugenics in the Progressive Era. She argues that, in the 1920s, the form and content of writings by figures as disparate as W. E. B. Du Bois, T. S. Eliot, Gertrude Stein, and Nella Larsen were shaped by anxieties regarding immigration, migration, and intraracial breeding.
English's interdisciplinary approach brings together the work of those canonical writers with relatively neglected literary, social scientific, and visual texts. She examines antilynching plays by Angelina Weld Grimké as well as the provocative writings of white female eugenics field workers. English also analyzes The Crisis magazine as a family album filtering uplift through eugenics by means of photographic documentation of an ever-improving black race.
English suggests that current scholarship often misreads early-twentieth-century visual, literary, and political culture by applying contemporary social and moral standards to the past. Du Bois, she argues, was actually more of a eugenicist than Eliot. Through such reconfiguration of the modern period, English creates an allegory for the American present: because eugenics was, in its time, widely accepted as a reasonable, progressive ideology, we need to consider the long-term implications of contemporary genetic engineering, fertility enhancement and control, and legislation promoting or discouraging family growth.
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This digital document is an article from International Fiction Review, published by Thomson Gale on January 1, 2007. The length of the article is 660 words. The page length shown above is based on a typical 300-word page. The article is delivered in HTML format and is available in your Amazon.com Digital Locker immediately after purchase. You can view it with any web browser.
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Title: Daylanne K. English: Unnatural Selections: Eugenics in American Modernism and the Harlem Renaissance.(Book review)
Author: Axel Knoenagel
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International Fiction Review (Magazine/Journal)
Date: January 1, 2007
Publisher: Thomson Gale
Volume: 34
Issue: 1-2
Page: 171(3)
Article Type: Book review
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This digital document is an article from Journal of Southern History, published by Southern Historical Association on August 1, 2005. The length of the article is 620 words. The page length shown above is based on a typical 300-word page. The article is delivered in HTML format and is available in your Amazon.com Digital Locker immediately after purchase. You can view it with any web browser.
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Title: Unnatural Selections: Eugenics in American Modernism and the Harlem Renaissance.(Book Review)
Author: Katherine Castles
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Journal of Southern History (Magazine/Journal)
Date: August 1, 2005
Publisher: Southern Historical Association
Volume: 71
Issue: 3
Page: 727(2)
Article Type: Book Review
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This digital document is an article from The Journal of African American History, published by Thomson Gale on September 22, 2005. The length of the article is 1023 words. The page length shown above is based on a typical 300-word page. The article is delivered in HTML format and is available in your Amazon.com Digital Locker immediately after purchase. You can view it with any web browser.
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Title: Unnatural Selections: Eugenics in American Modernism and the Harlem Renaissance.(Book Review)
Author: Johnny Williams
Publication:
The Journal of African American History (Magazine/Journal)
Date: September 22, 2005
Publisher: Thomson Gale
Volume: 90
Issue: 4
Page: 434(3)
Article Type: Book Review
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Scrapbookers will discover more than 15 new alphabets created by the nation's top scrapbook lettering artists as well as find the favorite lettering styles from Memory Makers over the past five years. With styles ranging from elegantly classic to cutting-edge creative, there's sure to be a font to suit every scrapbook project.
Every lettering style is featured on a completed scrapbook page and the book is designed to make it easy for scrapbookers to photocopy or trace the alphabets for use in their own albums. In addition, the book includes a multitude of ways to personalize and customize the lettering styles using torn paper, beads, chalk and more. Every scrapbooker can use these stunning alphabet styles to create page titles that pop!
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Best variety of draw-it-yourself alphabets for scrapbookers.......2003-06-11
This book is relatively new on the scrapbooking scene, but already I find myself pulling it off the shelf frequently. It is great to be able to create my own titles in the ideal lettering styles, sizes and colors for each page, rather than having to rely on letter stickers and die cuts.
Scrapbook Lettering starts with a short, helpful introduction that runs through basic tools and techniques, then illustrates the process of freehand lettering. The main body however is devoted to the 50 alphabets. Each font has a two-page spread devoted to it that features its use in sample layouts. The authors are very thorough about explaining the simple techniques you will use to draw each alphabet yourself. Suggested theme pages that go particularly well with the alphabet are included, along with variation ideas & tips. I love the last ten alphabets, which are organized chronologically according to which decade they best complement ý great for those heritage pages!
Hereýs what I discovered after practicing with other creative lettering books: the font styles that can be ýfleshed outý from a basic outline alphabet tend to have a fun, casual feeling to them, but quickly run out of designs for more formal titles and pages. The impressive thing about Scrapbook Lettering on the other hand is that the alphabets are designed by about 20 different published lettering artists, so there is enough style variety that you can match a font to suit any page from wedding albums to baby books. You can draw more than half of them completely freehand; with the rest you will need some help from photocopiers, grids or some tracing paper in order to accurately transfer the lines and maintain the precise look of the fancier fonts.
Some scrapbookers, who are used to completely freehanding the more casual styles of other lettering books, may feel that this is too much trouble to go to for a page title. My advice would be not to give up so easily on your artistic instincts! I think that if you find a more technically involved alphabet that you think would put the perfect finishing touch on your memory page, you should invest the little extra effort it will take to transfer it with grid paper or enlarge with a photocopier first. It will be worth it.
-Andrea, aka Merribelle
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This is the best book for beginners. If you want to learn how to letter this book is for you. It is simple enough for kids to use. It also shows you how to do a little doodling to add to your letters.
It even includes a practice sheet that you can copy.
Trace our letters until you become a pro. We show you how.
We also include pen tips & suggestions.
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You like to doodle? doodle is the last hip on scrapbook!.......2006-09-19
You like to doodle? This it is the best book than you can obtain, it says to you which are the tools that you need and an explanation very detailed like making your own titles, really enchants to me!
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This is a very creative & fun book to learn how to letter.
It is easy to follow with step by step instructions.
We show you which pens you need to create different effects.
Learn how to copy our lettering until you have mastered the techniques yourself.
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Good ideas..........2007-05-07
I'm a scrapbooker and I'm always looks for new ways to say what I need to on my pages. That includes sticker lettering and alphabets and such. But alphabets that *I* can do are especially helpful. That way I can make the lettering whatever size I need. These are some cute lettering ideas that would be good to add to any scrapbooker's "tool kit". It's worth a look, and has a place in my craft reference library. :)
LMNOP CREATIVE LETTERING.......2006-03-15
Do you want to inspire students to create artistic products from writing samples, posters, banners, or daily assignments? Any of Lindsay Ostrom's creative lettering books can show you how. Students are always asking if they can border an envelope, dress the chalkboard, or doodle on their assignments. Children ask daily if they may check out one of her books.
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This is the sequal to the ABC's of creative lettering and LMNOP more creative lettering.
This book takes you into the next level of creative lettering. It shows you more advanced techniques & lettering styles.
It also shows you how to combine colors to enhance your drawing & lettering styles.
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Great!.......2007-06-17
I love all of her books! This one is no exception!
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This is a practical handbook offering fully illustrated step-by-step guidelines to a wealth of elementary classroom art activities. Designed to provide a easy-to-use reference and resource manual for elementary teachers, A Handbook of Arts and Crafts gives teachers the background, context, and activities they need to successfully integrate the arts into their classroom.
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Found Memories.......2002-03-21
This book is a great resource for projects in art for children. You could say that I was the test subject for a lot of what's in this book. Willard was my grandfather. This book is a treasure that every elementary school teacher should have. My grandfather would take me to the university to work on projects and then put them in the book. What fun that was. Share this book with your children as my grandfather enjoyed it with his son and grandson.
Great for children's crafts.......1998-07-19
We used this book as a textbook for my Elementary Education Art Methods & Materials class. It is jam-packed with projects to do with children. Highly recommended.
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The best lettering book I own.......2005-09-17
This is my hands down favorite book on lettering. It has a variety to easy to duplicate examples. It was the first lettering book I bought and the standard that I compare everything else too. I am surprised to see it is out of print. If you happen to find one you should snatch it up as quickly as possible. I have one of her other titles. I've looked for some of the others in stores and have not had good luck finding them. I'm thinking Amazon is my best bet to buy them before they go out of print again.
Great book for all!.......2005-04-14
This is my "go to" guide for fun alphabets that anyone can do! I use them in scrapbooks, signs and anything else I can think of! I own one and am buying one for a friend too! Full of creative ideas that you don't have to be an artist to do!
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Creative Lettering Today
Michael Harvey
Manufacturer: Green Editorial
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ASIN: 1558214534 |
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A classic manual by a famous lettering designer, including updated material on digital lettering.
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Creating Keepsakes magazine's lettering expert Becky Higgins gives easy five-step instructions for making 50 alphabets and hundreds of variations that will add a personal touch to scrapbooks—and to cards, invitations, and signs. This book is a long-lasting scrapbooking favorite!
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Guess I'll Have to Buy It..........2006-03-24
I am a heavy duty library user--if I can borrow it, I don't buy it, until it is so used and useful that I need it, which isn't often.
This is a book my daughter has continued to check out, over and over, until all the renewals run out, and then puts another hold on right away. Very few books have received that honor in our house!
A great creative ideas for scrapbook and greeting card lettering. Helpful large format.
thumbs basically up.......2005-10-09
I like the idea of using the pictures to help you create a title that interacts or compliments the pictures. I would have loved it in spiral book form so that you could lay it flat and trace the letters. some of the creative lettering is quite simple and not very appealing but some are really pretty and unique. the idea is this; find what you love or the theme of the pictures and insert it in your lettering. so, if its a picture of your child in a baseball game place drawings of baseballs on your letters...etc. bought it on the recommendation of a friend. intend on reading it and practicing the lettering more throughly but so far havent actually used it myself. nice extra touch for serious scrappers.
A book to use over and over...........2003-09-22
I do scrapbooking and was never fond of the sticker letters, so on a whim I bought this book. Goodbye sticker letters! Your own lettering on the scrapbook page looks much nicer to me than the stickers and you never have to worry about running out of the alphabet letters or what color you need. These are very simple to do, I can fairly easily copy them, but I know I could never come up with them on my own. There is a great variety of lettering, each one having its own type of "mood" so you know when it is right for the page you are doing...fun, serious, kiddish, whatever. This book has been worth its weight and if you are bored of writing titles in plain block letters, this will really brighten up your titles.
Creative Lettering: An Art Form All Its Own.......2003-07-27
This book is truly amazing. It is so helpful for making scrapbooks. Everyone marvels at the lettering job that this book has helped me with. I also have used the techniques to make signs and cards and things of that nature. A lot of creative lettering books that I have seen have really boring fonts, but this book has really really fun lettering styles. I mean, there are styles for Christmas, Halloween, flowery ones, Back To School, and just some really fun swirly ones. If you are into scrapbooking or just need something to help you make invitations for that big upcoming party, I really recommend buying this book. Unfortunately I lost my copy, but since I liked it so much I am going to buy it again! Enjoy!!!
How to letter for those of us who lack the knack.......2003-04-24
There is a reason this is the standard in scrapbook lettering guides: it explains how to create those fancy letters in a simple, logical way that even people with atrocious handwriting can pick up quickly to improve their page layouts. All that , and it's cute, too!
It turns out that Becky Higgins' style of creative lettering is based on a simple alphabet that is adorned in one of six basic ways, then embellished and colored in. Yes, it really is that easy! Your titles and first paragraph letters can be customized according to season, color scheme, occasion, pattern match, mood, etc. The fifty variations on the six lettering styles will be more than enough for most people to fill their scrapbooks without seeming repetitive - but you may find yourself designing variations of your own after practicing for a while.
The limitation of The Art of Creative Lettering is that IMHO, the lettering styles lend themselves almost exclusively to a country and/or casual feel in the page designs. This is a popular way to scrapbook, and you may not need anything else. However, sometimes a more sophisticated, adult look is called for. And if like me you have a formal wedding and a heritage album to complete, you may end up turning to sticker letters or laser cut titles to get the traditional look you want.
I would highly recommend this book for anybody who believes s/he"can't" letter nicely.
-Andrea, aka merribelle
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Creative Calligraphy (Collectors Guides)
Malcolm Couch
Manufacturer: New Line Books
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Binding: Hardcover
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ASIN: 1880908999
Release Date: 2005-01-01 |
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Creative Craft Lettering Made Easy
Marie Browning
Manufacturer: North Light Books
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ASIN: 1581806477 |
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Creative Craft Lettering Made Easy makes personalizing craft projects as easy as A-B-C!
Readers will learn how to add their favorite letters, words and sayings to their projects with this fun and easy book that features:
-15 projects including a friendship pillow, a bulletin board and flowerpots -A wide variety of lettering techniques, including rubber stamping, stenciling, decoupage and beginner calligraphy -Step-by-step instructions on how to incorporate lettering into projects using some of the most popular craft materials, from glass, tile and wood to polymer clay, fabric and terra cotta
Crafters everywhere will give this book an A!
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