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Title: From Harlem to Paris: Black American Writers in France, 1840-1980 by Michel J. Fabre ISBN: 0-252-01684-X Publisher: Univ of Illinois Pr (Trd) Pub. Date: November, 1991 Format: Hardcover Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $39.95 |
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Summary: EX-PATRIATE BLACK AMERICAN WRITERS
Comment: Any mention of ex-patriate American writers in France evokes the images of Ernest Hemingway, F. Scott Fritzgerald, John Steinbback and other white literary luminaries. Seldom are African-American names mentioned or acknowledged in terms of their presence as well as literary output from France. Michael Fabre, author of "The Unfinished Quest of Richard Wright", who was a Black expatriate from the United States, provides us with a history of Black writers who from 1840 to 1980 came to France as expatriates. Most people are unaware that Blacks from Louisiana were the first handful from the States to come to France for education, freedom and to write. From this small group the tradition continued with Frederick Douglass, Booker T. Washington, Du Bois and other great Black intellectuals.
Why did they come? France's tradition of liberty, equality and brotherhood was an attraction. Throughout the early 20th century, Blacks came to escape the racism of America and have the opportunity to work in their craft which was denied them in Europe. France's "lack" of racism was a breath of fresh air to African Americans under the mantle of segregation. France enabled them as writers to be artistically free. Each generation of Black writers who came to France were inspired by its so called liberalism. Yet even in its liberalism Black writers in the 60's began to scrutinize the racism of France that was articulated in its treatment of those colonials from Algeria and Senegal.
Fabre critiques each individual writer who came and gives us a historical context in which we can understand the unique spell that France had over attracting Black writers. The text concentrates on Black males since few Black female writers stayed over for any length of time. Those that did are given an even treatment. From Harlem to Paris gives one an appreciation for the contributions of Black writers in France. It is a book to have in one's library for literary studies of African Americans and expatriate writers.
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Title: Harlem in Montmartre: A Paris Jazz Story Between the Great Wars by William A. Shack ISBN: 0520225376 Publisher: University of California Press Pub. Date: 03 September, 2001 List Price(USD): $27.50 |
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Title: The Color of Liberty: Histories of Race in France by Sue Peabody, Tyler Stovall, Fred Constant ISBN: 0822331179 Publisher: Duke Univ Pr (Txt) Pub. Date: June, 2003 List Price(USD): $24.95 |
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Title: Paris Noir: African Americans in the City of Light by Tyler Stovall ISBN: 0395901405 Publisher: Houghton Mifflin Co Pub. Date: 21 May, 1998 List Price(USD): $15.00 |
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Title: Kat Tracking Through Paris: A Guide to Black Paris by Kat St. Thomas ISBN: 1587900173 Publisher: Regent Press Pub. Date: June, 2002 List Price(USD): $19.95 |
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Title: New Negro Artists in Paris: African American Painters and Sculptors in the City of Light, 1922-1934 by Theresa Leininger-Miller ISBN: 0813528119 Publisher: Rutgers University Press Pub. Date: March, 2001 List Price(USD): $32.00 |
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