African American modernism

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artistic movement cultural movement intellectual movement literary movement

African American modernism is a cultural and artistic movement in the early to mid-20th century in which Black writers, visual artists, and intellectuals experimented with modernist forms to express African American experiences, identities, and social realities.

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All labels observed (3)

Label	Occurrences
African-American modernism	5
African American modernism canonical	1
Harlem Renaissance writers in relation to Euro-American modernism	1

Statements (63)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	artistic movement ⓘ cultural movement ⓘ intellectual movement ⓘ literary movement ⓘ
aimsTo	critique racial oppression ⓘ express African American experiences ⓘ redefine modernism from a Black perspective ⓘ represent Black identities ⓘ
hasCharacteristic	aesthetic innovation ⓘ engagement with diaspora ⓘ engagement with modernity ⓘ engagement with urban experience ⓘ experimentation with voice and perspective ⓘ exploration of Black identity ⓘ exploration of subjectivity ⓘ formal experimentation ⓘ fusion of vernacular and high art forms ⓘ intertextuality ⓘ nonlinear narrative ⓘ political consciousness ⓘ racial critique ⓘ response to racism and segregation ⓘ symbolism ⓘ use of fragmentation ⓘ
hasContext	Great Migration NERFINISHED ⓘ Harlem Renaissance NERFINISHED ⓘ Jim Crow era NERFINISHED ⓘ World War II era ⓘ early Civil Rights era ⓘ interwar period ⓘ
hasEthnicFocus	African Americans NERFINISHED ⓘ
hasField	intellectual history ⓘ literature ⓘ music ⓘ theater ⓘ visual arts ⓘ
hasMainRegion	African American communities ⓘ United States NERFINISHED ⓘ
hasTheme	alienation ⓘ double consciousness ⓘ gender and race ⓘ memory and history ⓘ migration ⓘ modern city life ⓘ racial violence ⓘ spirituality and secularism ⓘ
hasTimePeriod	early 20th century ⓘ mid-20th century ⓘ
influenced	Black Arts Movement NERFINISHED ⓘ contemporary Black aesthetics ⓘ later African American literature ⓘ
influencedBy	African American folk culture ⓘ African diasporic traditions ⓘ anti-colonial thought ⓘ blues ⓘ industrialization ⓘ jazz ⓘ racial segregation laws ⓘ urbanization ⓘ
relatedTo	Black Arts Movement NERFINISHED ⓘ European modernism NERFINISHED ⓘ Harlem Renaissance NERFINISHED ⓘ
usesArtisticStyle	modernism ⓘ