Vechten, Carl Van
NIGG*R Heaven
- ISBN 13:
- 9780252068607
- author:
- Vechten, Carl Van
- format:
- Paperback
- publisher:
- University of Illinois Press
- language:
- English
- Publication Year:
- 1999
- Pages:
- 336
- Genre:
- Modern fiction
- Condition:
- New
- Availability:
- Item usually sent within 10 working days
Description
Carl Van Vechten's Nigger Heaven is a novel that generated intense controversy upon its publication in 1926. The title was seen as scandalous, but the book itself is a nuanced and vibrant portrait of Harlem's black culture during the 1920s. The story shifts between scenes of tawdry sensationalism and a world of black middle-class respectability, where intellectual values and professional ambition are defined by an acute consciousness of class and racial identity. At its center, two young people struggle to love each other as their dreams are slowly suffocated by racism. This reissue includes poetry composed by Langston Hughes especially for the book, and is accompanied by Kathleen Pfeiffer's astute introduction, which investigates the controversy surrounding the title and explores questions of racial authenticity and identity.
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