Black Arts Movement and the Black Panther Party in American Visual - Cultur

This book covers a range of visual expressions of Black Power across American art and popular culture from 1965 through 1972.

List of contents

Introduction Part I: "Black Arts We Make": Aesthetics, Collaboration, and Social Identity in the Visual Art of Black Power 1. Pedigree of the Black Arts Movement: The March on Washington, Death of Malcolm X, and Free Jazz 2. Organization of Black American Culture: A Show of Respect 3. African Commune of Bad Relevant Artists: Finding a Black Aesthetic 4. Oakland Museum's "New Perspectives in Black Art": Saying "Black Lives Matter" in 1968 Part II: The Black Panther Party in Photography and Print Ephemera 5. Huey P. Newton Enthroned: Iconic Image of Black Power 6. Eldridge Cleaver's Visual Acumen and the Coalition of Black Power with White Resistance 7. Emory Douglas: Revolutionary Artist and Visual Theorist 8. Picturing the Female Revolutionary

About the author

Jo-Ann Morgan is Professor of African American Studies and Art History at Western Illinois University, USA. Her previous book, Uncle Tom's Cabin as Visual Culture, received the Peter Seaborg Award for Civil War Scholarship in 2008.

Summary

This book covers a range of visual expressions of Black Power across American art and popular culture from 1965 through 1972.

Product details

• Authors: Jo-Ann Morgan, Jo-Ann (Western Illinois University) Morgan, Morgan Jo-Ann
• Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 30.09.2020
• EAN: 9780367663155
• ISBN: 978-0-367-66315-5
• No. of pages: 212
• Series: Routledge Research in Art and Race
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Art > Art history; Social sciences, law, business > Sociology > Sociological theories; USA, Ethnic Studies, ART / History / General, HISTORY / United States / 20th Century, ART / Art & Politics, ART / History / Contemporary (1945-), SOCIAL SCIENCE / Black Studies (Global), ART / Popular Culture, History of Art, c 1960 to c 1970, Revolutionary groups & movements, United States of America, USA, Art & design styles: from c 1960, c 1970 to c 1979, c 1960 to c 1969, c 1970 to c 1980, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Discrimination, Black & Asian Studies, HISTORY / African American & Black, ART / American / African American & Black, Revolutionary groups and movements, Relating to African American / Black American people