Culture, the Arts, and Inequality - American Artists and Social Justice

Examining how writers and musicians respond to attempts to define and categorize inequality in moral terms, Culture, the Arts and Inequality: American Artists and Social Justice analyses the writers and artists who challenge the moral categories through which inequality has been maintained and mobilized.

List of contents

Acknowledgements
Introduction
1. Langston Hughes and "Negro Neighborhoods": From the Ghetto to the Hyperghetto
2. Exclusionary Discourses, Articulated Disadvantages: Nelson Algren and
The Politics of Inequality in Mid-Century America.
3. Thomas McGrath: The Moral Obligation to Those Who Suffer
4. Ann Petry: The Spatiality of Injustice
5. The Privacy of Pain: Gwendolyn Brooks and the Privations of Property
6. Village Ghetto Land: Stevie Wonder and the Arrival of the Hyperghetto
7. Gil Scott Heron: Revolution of the Mind
Epilogue
Bibliography

About the author

Ian Peddie is Professor of English at Sul Ross State University, USA. He is the author and editor of numerous works on literature and culture, including Music and Protest (2012), Popular Music and Human Rights, Volumes I and II (2011), and The Resisting Muse: Popular Music and Social Protest (2006).

Summary

Examining how writers and musicians respond to attempts to define and categorize inequality in moral terms, Culture, the Arts and Inequality: American Artists and Social Justice analyses the writers and artists who challenge the moral categories through which inequality has been maintained and mobilized.

Product details

• Authors: Ian Peddie
• Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 25.03.2025
• EAN: 9781032441399
• ISBN: 978-1-0-3244139-9
• No. of pages: 152
• Subjects: Social sciences, law, business > Social sciences (general); Ethnic Studies, Sociology, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Popular Culture, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Sociology / General, Social classes, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Social Classes & Economic Disparity, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Discrimination, Art;Culture;Langston Hughes;Stevie Wonder;Gil Scott Heron