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Definitions of modernism have been debated throughout the twentieth century. But both during the height of the modernist era and since, little to no consideration has been given to the work of minority writers as part of this movement. Considering works by writers ranging from B.A. Botkin,T.S. Eliot, Waldo Frank, and Jean Toomer to Pedro Pietri and Allen Ginsberg, these essays examine the disputed relationships between modernity, modernism, and American cultural diversity. In so doing, the collection as a whole adds an important new dimension to our understanding of twentieth-centuryliterature. Intro -- CONTENTS -- CONTRIBUTORS -- Introduction: Modernity, Modernism, and the American Ethnic Minority Artist -- T.S. Eliot, B. A. Botkin, and the Politics of Cultural Representation: Folklore, Modernity, and Pluralism -- Four Types of Writing under Modern Conditions -- or, Black Writers and "Populist Modernism" -- Exploring "Something New": The "Modernism" of Claude McKay's Harlem Shadows -- The Strong Men Gittin' Stronger: Sterling Brown's Southern Road and the Representation and Re-Creation of the Southern Folk Voice -- Waldo Frank, Jean Toomer, and the Critique of Racial Voyeurism -- "Among Negroes": Gertrude Stein and African America -- A Black Man in Jewface -- Incognito Ergo Sum: "Ex" Marks the Spot in Cahan, Johnson, Larsen, and Yezierska -- A Jewish New World in Jacob Glatshteyn's "Sheeny Mike" -- Beware of Signs -- or, How to Tell the Living from the Dead: Orality and Writing in the Work of Pedro Pietri -- Centralizing the Marginal: Prolegomena to a Study of Boundaries in Contemporary African American Fiction -- When All Met Together in One Room: Josef Jarab Interviews Allen Ginsberg -- INDEX -- A -- B -- C -- D -- E -- F -- G -- H -- I -- J -- K -- L -- M -- N -- O -- P -- R -- S -- T -- U -- V -- W -- Y.
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