{"product_id":"miss-anne-in-harlem-the-white-women-of-the-black-renaissance-9780060882372","title":"Miss Anne in Harlem: The White Women of the Black Renaissance","description":"\u003cp\u003eCelebrated scholar Carla Kaplan's cultural biography, \u003cem\u003eMiss Anne in Harlem: The White Women of the Black Renaissance\u003c\/em\u003e, focuses on white women, collectively called \"Miss Anne,\" who became Harlem Renaissance insiders.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003eThe 1920s in New York City was a time of freedom, experimentation, and passion--with Harlem at the epicenter. White men could go uptown to see jazz and modern dance, but women who embraced black culture too enthusiastically could be ostracized.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e\u003cem\u003eMiss Anne in Harlem\u003c\/em\u003e focuses on six of the unconventional, free-thinking women, some from Manhattan high society, many Jewish, who crossed race lines and defied social conventions to become a part of the culture and heartbeat of Harlem.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003eEthnic and gender studies professor Carla Kaplan brings the interracial history of the Harlem Renaissance to life with vivid prose, extensive research, and period photographs.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eKaplan, Carla:\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e - \u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eCarla Kaplan\u003c\/strong\u003e is an award-winning professor and writer who holds the Stanton W. and Elisabeth K. Davis Distinguished Professorship in American Literature at Northeastern University. She has published seven books, including\u003cem\u003e Zora Neale Hurston: A Life in Letters\u003c\/em\u003e and \u003cem\u003eMiss Anne in Harlem: The White Women of the Black Renaissance\u003c\/em\u003e, both \u003cem\u003eNew York Times \u003c\/em\u003eNotable Books\u003cem\u003e.\u003c\/em\u003e A recipient of Guggenheim and National Endowment for the Humanities \"Public Scholar\" fellowships, Kaplan has been a fellow in residence at the Cullman Center for Scholars and Writers, the Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture, and the W. E. B. Du Bois Research Institute; is a fellow of the Society of American Historians; and serves on the board of Biographers International. She divides her time between Boston and Cape Cod.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Harper Perennial","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51985508892946,"sku":"9780060882372","price":12.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_ff3cbb00-f2a5-4bae-93c9-0679f6cfc305.jpg?v=1769538599","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/miss-anne-in-harlem-the-white-women-of-the-black-renaissance-9780060882372","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}