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Daphne Lamothe explores how many black writers and intellectuals in the early twentieth century adapted ethnography and folklore in their narratives to create a cohesive, collective, and modern Black identity.

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"Daphne Lamothe has brought together history of science, literary criticism, and the analysis of a seasoned scholar of the New Negro movement in a way that simply has never been done before. Inventing the New Negro will start new conversations and develop new lines of inquiry. It is a brave and thoughtful book."-Lee D. Baker, Duke University

Inventing the New Negro

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      Publisher University of Pennsylvania Press
      Published 25 July 2008
      ISBN-13 9780812240931
      978-0812240931
      ISBN-10 0812240936
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      Literature: history and criticism

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      Book Synopsis
      Daphne Lamothe explores how many black writers and intellectuals in the early twentieth century adapted ethnography and folklore in their narratives to create a cohesive, collective, and modern Black identity.

      Trade Review
      "Daphne Lamothe has brought together history of science, literary criticism, and the analysis of a seasoned scholar of the New Negro movement in a way that simply has never been done before. Inventing the New Negro will start new conversations and develop new lines of inquiry. It is a brave and thoughtful book."-Lee D. Baker, Duke University

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