Visiting the Culture Capital : Carl Van Vechten’s Role in Promoting 1920s Harlem as a Vogue Destination

Authors

MELIŠOVÁ Kristína

Year of publication 2021
Type Appeared in Conference without Proceedings
MU Faculty or unit

Faculty of Arts

Citation
Description This presentation examines the transformation of Harlem due to the white interest in its cultural scene and nightlife and the role Carl Van Vechten played in facilitating this introduction. It focuses on the fetishisation of African-American identity and its distortion in the white perception.
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