Making a Promised Land: Harlem in Twentieth-Century Photography and Film

The Era Of The New Negro: African American Politics And Aesthetics In Twentieth Century Harlem -- African American Aesthetics And The City: Picturing The Black Bourgeoisie In New York -- Heaven And Hell In Harlem: Urban Aesthetics For A Renaissance People -- Delinquents In The Making: Harlem's Representational Turn Toward Marketable Shock -- Gangster's Paradise: Drugs And Crime In Harlem, From Blaxploitation To New Jack Cinema -- Echoes Of A Renaissance: Harlem's Nostalgic Turn -- Conclusion: Making And Re-making A Promised Land: Harlem's Continuing Revisions. Paula J. Massood. Includes Bibliographical References And Index.