The Wedding by Dorothy West: A Tapestry of Race and Class in the Harlem Renaissance.
This essay considers how Dorothy West's novel, "The Wedding," portrays the conflicts of race and class during the 1950s, a time that has been hailed as the Harlem Renaissance. By contradicting the revival of African-American identity, West weaves a complex history of generational identities and relations that reveal the collusion of race and class, where wealth and respect are internalized as synonymous with whiteness. West's narrative works as a thread through American history, as characters recall their own pasts, and their own relations with African-American history. 8 pgs. Bibliography lists 1 source.
