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How do the Harlem Renaissance and BAM compare?
Harlem Renaissance: Celebrated Black culture, new mentality for the 'new negro' | BAM: More explicitly political, emphasized social dimensions of Black art
Compare Eurocentric vs. Afrocentric aesthetics.
Eurocentric: Emphasizes European standards of beauty. | Afrocentric: Celebrates African and African American beauty and culture.
Significance of Black magazines like Ebony and Jet?
Provided platforms for Black voices and perspectives.
Significance of Broadside Press and Third World Press?
Black-owned publishing houses that promoted Black writers.
Significance of the Studio Museum in Harlem?
An art house that showcased Black art and culture.
Significance of Journal of Black Poetry and Black World?
Scholarly journals that promoted Black intellectual thought.
What is the significance of 'Negro es Bello'?
A visual representation of the Black Arts Movement's emphasis on Black pride and identity.
How did BAM influence Black cultural forms?
Flourishing of Black cultural forms during BAM helped to legitimize African American Studies as an academic field.
What did BAM celebrate?
Black identity, culture, and aesthetics.
What was the impact of Black Arts Repertory Theatre/School?
Black-owned and operated cultural institution.
What was the impact of BAM on African American Studies?
Demonstrated the richness and complexity of Black cultural production.
What did BAM showcase?
The intellectual and artistic contributions of Black Americans.
What is the Black Arts Movement?
A cultural revolution empowering Black artists to use their work for liberation.
Define Black self-determination.
The power and right of Black communities to control their own development and destiny.
What does 'Eurocentric standards' mean?
Standards of beauty and artistic value based on European or Western traditions.
Define 'cultural revolution'.
A period of radical social and political change expressed through artistic and cultural forms.
What is the 'Black is Beautiful' movement?
A movement affirming Black identity and challenging Eurocentric beauty standards.
Define 'systemic racism'.
Racism embedded as normal practice within society or an organization.
What is meant by 'Black vernacular'?
The language and dialect commonly spoken by African Americans.
Define 'cultural institution'.
Organizations or establishments that promote and preserve cultural heritage.
What does 'interdisciplinary study' mean?
An approach to learning that integrates knowledge from different academic disciplines.
Define 'marginalization'.
The treatment of a person, group, or concept as insignificant or peripheral.