Art, Politics and Dissent print on demand - Aspects of the Art Left in Sixties America

Informationen zum Autor Francis Frascina is John Raven Professor of Visual Arts at Keele University Klappentext Art, politics and dissent provides a counter history to conventional accounts of American art.. Close historical examinations of particular events in Los Angeles and New York in the 1960s are interwoven with discussion of the location of these events, normally marginalised or overlooked, in the history of cultural politics in the United States during the postwar period.. This book is based on detailed and new research from a range of sources including the alternative press, such as the Los Angeles Free Press; public and private archives; interviews and oral histories.. Interdisciplinary in approach, it adds substantially to recent innovative research and teaching approaches in art history and other related disciplines.. Provides essential case studies for taught courses; scholarly debate and general cross-disciplinary readership. Inhaltsverzeichnis Introduction: Researching Alternative Histories of the Art LeftCh. 1: "We Dissent": the Artists' Protest Committee and Representations in/of Los AngelesCh. 2: "There" and "Here", "Then" and "Now": The Los Angeles 'Artists' Tower of Protest', 1966 and its LegacyCh. 3: Angry Arts, the Art Workers Coalition and the Politics of "Otherness"Ch. 4: My Lai, Guernica, MoMA and the Art Left, New York 1969-70Conclusion: Culture Wars and the American Left

Dettagli sul prodotto

• Autori: Francis Frascina, Frascina Francis
• Editore: Manchester University Press
• Lingue: Inglese
• Formato: Tascabile
• Pubblicazione: 01.01.2008
• EAN: 9780719044694
• ISBN: 978-0-7190-4469-4
• Dimensioni: 155 mm x 233 mm x 13 mm
• Categorie: Scienze umane, arte, musica > Arte > Altro; USA, Postwar 20th century history, from c 1945 to c 2000, Cultural Studies, HISTORY / United States / 20th Century, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Anthropology / Cultural & Social, ART / History / Contemporary (1945-), ART / American / General, History of Art, History of art & design styles: from c 1900 -, c 1960 to c 1970, Later 20th century c 1950 to c 1999, United States of America, USA, History of the Americas, c 1960 to c 1969