Presentation Title
Degree Name
Master of Interdisciplinary Studies (MA)
Department
Interdisciplinary Arts and Sciences
Location
Tioga Library Building
Start Date
26-5-2014 4:40 PM
End Date
26-5-2014 4:45 PM
Abstract
The Arts have often had an instrumental role in improving and strengthening communities and the Harlem Renaissance is a prime example. My research is focused in understanding how the Harlem Renaissance of the 1920's and 1930's used the Arts as a way to build community, identity and pride for African Americans in a way that had never been seen before. I will use four arguments for how the arts was able to unite the African American Community and create a sense of pride within the community that still exists today. The arts of the Harlem Renaissance helped to define a movement and set it apart from others. The arts of the Harlem Renaissance gave a sense of ownership, pride, belonging and cohesion within the African American Community. While looking toward the future, there were artists who helped to preserve the past and a collective memory of what life had been like for many African Americans. It is with each of these arguments that I will show just how instrumental the arts has been in building community cohesion, unity and pride.
COinS
How the Arts Build Community Identity and Pride
Tioga Library Building
The Arts have often had an instrumental role in improving and strengthening communities and the Harlem Renaissance is a prime example. My research is focused in understanding how the Harlem Renaissance of the 1920's and 1930's used the Arts as a way to build community, identity and pride for African Americans in a way that had never been seen before. I will use four arguments for how the arts was able to unite the African American Community and create a sense of pride within the community that still exists today. The arts of the Harlem Renaissance helped to define a movement and set it apart from others. The arts of the Harlem Renaissance gave a sense of ownership, pride, belonging and cohesion within the African American Community. While looking toward the future, there were artists who helped to preserve the past and a collective memory of what life had been like for many African Americans. It is with each of these arguments that I will show just how instrumental the arts has been in building community cohesion, unity and pride.