Afro-American Poetics: Revisions of Harlem and the Black Aesthetic

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"Afro-American Poetics: Revisions of Harlem and the Black Aesthetic" is a critical study by Houston A. Baker Jr. that reexamines African American literary traditions and aesthetics, particularly in relation to the Harlem Renaissance and subsequent Black artistic movements.

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Afro-American Poetics: Revisions of Harlem and the Black Aesthetic canonical	1

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Predicate	Object
instanceOf	book ⓘ critical study ⓘ
academicDiscipline	African American studies ⓘ cultural studies ⓘ literary theory ⓘ
aimsTo	challenge earlier models of the Black Aesthetic ⓘ redefine Afro-American literary value ⓘ
author	Houston A. Baker Jr. ⓘ
contextualizes	Black Arts Movement within African American literary tradition ⓘ Harlem Renaissance ⓘ surface form: Harlem Renaissance within broader Black cultural history
contributesTo	debates on canon formation in African American literature ⓘ theorization of Black modernism ⓘ
countryOfOrigin	United States of America ⓘ surface form: United States
criticalApproach	cultural analysis ⓘ historical analysis ⓘ theoretical reinterpretation of Black aesthetics ⓘ
critiques	simplistic notions of a monolithic Black Aesthetic ⓘ
emphasizes	historical and social conditions of Black artistic production ⓘ the complexity of African American expressive forms ⓘ
examines	Black Arts Movement ⓘ Black aesthetic theory ⓘ Harlem Renaissance literature ⓘ
focusesOn	African American aesthetics ⓘ African American literary traditions ⓘ
genre	literary criticism ⓘ
influencedBy	Black Arts Movement ⓘ surface form: Black Arts Movement writers Harlem Renaissance writers ⓘ
language	English ⓘ
mainSubject	African American literature ⓘ African American literature ⓘ surface form: African American poetics Black Arts Movement ⓘ surface form: Black Aesthetic movement Harlem Renaissance ⓘ
reexamines	African American literary history ⓘ concept of the Black Aesthetic ⓘ
targetAudience	researchers in Black cultural studies ⓘ scholars of African American literature ⓘ students of literary criticism ⓘ
theorizes	a distinct Afro-American poetics ⓘ
usedIn	courses on literary theory ⓘ graduate courses in African American literature ⓘ

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