Schuyler Philippa Schuyler

Adventures in Black and White (eBook, ePUB)

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

Adventures In Black and White, a memoir-travelogue originally published in 1960, is being re-released with a critical introduction and some minor edits and annotations by scholar Tara Betts. Philippa Duke Schuyler, recognized as a prodigy from a young age, was celebrated as America's first internationally-known mixed-race celebrity. Her father, a conservative black journalist, and her mother, a white Texan heiress, focused on Schuyler's upbringing in the context of integration, believing that racial mixing could create a superior hybrid individual. Although Schuyler resisted this notion, it ultimately led her into a damaging identity crisis that affected her throughout her life. When transitioning from child prodigy to concert pianist became difficult in America, Schuyler, like many black artists before her, sought larger audiences abroad during the 1950s. Her experiences witnessing the disintegration of European colonies in Africa and the Middle East form the core of Adventures In Black and White. This narrative links the Harlem Renaissance to the early stages of the Civil Rights Movement, at a time when discussions about interracial identity in America were just beginning. As Schuyler reflects on Africa-"the homeland of her ancestors"-readers can gain insight into how the young musician eventually evolved into an author and journalist, leading to her subsequent works.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: 2Leaf Press
• Seitenzahl: 324
• Erscheinungstermin: 3. Juli 2018
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781940939896
• Artikelnr.: 61169841

Autorenporträt

PHILIPPA DUKE SCHUYLER (1931-1967) was a mixed-race American pianist, composer, journalist and author. TARA BETTS is an award-winning poet, author and scholar of African American and white French descent. She holds a Ph.D. in English from Binghamton University, and an MFA in creative writing from New England College. She has taught at Rutgers University, University of Illinois-Chicago, and the MFA program at Chicago State University. She is also one of the co-editors of The Beiging of America: Personal Narratives About Being Mixed Race in the 21st Century (2017) and the Poetry Editor at Another Chicago Magazine. Her poetry has appeared in numerous journals and anthologies, she is the author of several poetry collections and chapbooks, including her latest book, Break the Habit (2016). A Cave Canem graduate, she held residencies from the Ragdale Foundation, Centrum and Caldera, and was awarded an Illinois Arts Council Artist fellowship. www.tarabetts.net