Zorach Art for People's Sake

Artists and Community in Black Chicago, 1965-1975
1. Auflage 2019
ISBN: 978-1-4780-0246-8
Verlag: De Gruyter
Format: PDF
Kopierschutz: Adobe DRM (»Systemvoraussetzungen)

E-Book, Englisch, 416 Seiten

Rebecca Zorach traces the little-told story of the Black Arts Movement in Chicago, showing how its artistic innovations, institution building, and community engagement helped the residents of Chicago's South and West Sides respond to social, political, and economic marginalization.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Zorach, Rebecca

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Kunst Kunstgeschichte Kunstgeschichte: 20./21. Jahrhundert
• Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Weltgeschichte & Geschichte einzelner Länder und Gebietsräume Geschichte einzelner Länder Amerikanische Geschichte

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Illustrations vii
Acknowledgments xvii
Introduction: The Black Arts Movement in Chicago 1
1. Claiming Space, Being in Public 30
2. Cultural Nationalism and Community Culture 85
3. An Experimental Friendship 124
4. The Black Family 179
5. Until the Walls Come Down 215
6. Starring the Black Community 257
Notes 299
Bibliography 349
Index 375

Über Autor(innen)

Rebecca Zorach is Mary Jane Crowe Professor of Art and Art History at Northwestern University and the author and editor of several books, including The Wall of Respect: Public Art and Black Liberation in 1960s Chicago.