Terrible honesty : mongrel Manhattan in the 1920s /

Terrible honesty : mongrel Manhattan in the 1920s /

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Bibliographic Details
Author / Creator:	Douglas, Ann, 1942-
Edition:	1st Noonday Press ed.
Imprint:	New York : Noonday Press : Farrar, Straus, and Giroux, 1996.
Description:	xiii, 605 p. : ill. ; 23 cm.
Language:	English
Subject:	Arts, American -- New York (State) -- New York. Arts, Modern -- 20th century -- New York (State) -- New York. Arts, American. Arts, Modern. Intellectual life. Manhattan (New York, N.Y.) -- Intellectual life. New York (N.Y.) -- Intellectual life. New York (State) -- New York. New York (State) -- New York -- Manhattan.
Format:	Print Book
URL for this record:	http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/8156222

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ISBN:	0374524629 9780374524623
Notes:	Includes bibliographical references (p. 485-575) and index. Discography: p. 575.

Table of Contents:

Introduction Orphans: Loss and liberation
Setting the stage: The players and the script
White Manhattan in the Age of "Terrible Honesty"
Black Manhattan wearing the mask
Offstage influences: Freud, James, and Stein
"You are about to discover yourselves"
War and murder
The culture of momentum
The "Dark Legend" of matricide
"Black man and white ladyship"
Siblings and mongrels
Taking Harlem
Ragging and slanging: Black-and-white art
Singing the Blues
Skyscrapers, airplanes, and airmindedness: "The necessary angel"
Epilogue Descent: " I shall be more blessed than dammed."