People without Shoes: Jacques Roumain, Langston Hughes and Their Transnational Ti Nèg Aesthetic.
Langston Hughes (1901-1967) was one of the principal trailblazers of the Harlem Renaissance, paving the course for an artistic and social revolution propelled by racial uplift. This black aesthetic found expression through multiple channels across the Atlantic. In 1931, Hughes travelled to Haiti, wh...
| Publicado en: | Comparative American Studies Vol. 15; no. 3/4; pp. 146 - 162 |
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