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This is an 8 page paper that provides an overview of the works of Langston Hughes. The evolution of his concept of identity from primitivism to revolutionary Marxism is explored. Bibliography lists 3 sources.
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urban life at the time. The movement as a whole was quite diverse in scope and character, with some works praising the rich culture to emerge from Harlem as a
positive force in shaping the character of America, and still others critically commenting upon the fundamental inequalities (both economic and social) and discrimination faced by black people and other minorities
of the time. Regardless of medium or thematic focus, however, the works of the Harlem Renaissance shared one particular dominant quality, which was the search for a cultural identity. Having
been culturally displaced into a landscape which was filled with exploitative and discriminative surroundings, many black people at the time felt culturally disenfranchised and sought to return to the very
roots of African culture, while others sought a way to forge a new identity within the context of the American urban sprawl. Langston Hughes remains one of the foremost voices
of the Harlem Renaissance precisely because his treatment of the subject of identity was so all-encompassing; his works track a course from a conception of identity as stemming from cultural
roots in African societies around the world, to a conception of identity that incorporates the impact of colonialism, and finally to a revolutionary conception of identity that transcends race and
ethnicity and focuses instead on the deep socially ingrained divisions that perpetuate class struggle and inequality the world over. This paragraph helps the student begin to introduce the first
major concept of identity evident in Hughes works. The first major concept of identity that is evident in Hughes work is that of the black individual as being deeply connected
to a rich cultural heritage stemming from African, regardless of his or her contemporary situation in an urban landscape such as Harlem. In other words, like many other black poets,
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