Walls of empowerment : Chicana/o indigenist murals of California / Guisela Latorre.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Latorre, Guisela, 1970-

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Mexican American mural painting and decoration--Political aspects--California, Southern--20th century.

Mexican American mural painting and decoration.

Street art--California, Southern.

Street art.

Indians in art.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xiii, 292 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates) : illustrations (some color)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Austin : University of Texas Press, 2008.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Exploring three major hubs of muralist activity in California, where indigenist imagery is prevalent, Walls of Empowerment celebrates an aesthetic that seeks to firmly establish Chicana/o sociopolitical identity in U.S. territory. Providing readers with a history and genealogy of key muralists' productions, Guisela Latorre also showcases new material and original research on works and artists never before examined in print.

Contents:

Indigenism and Chicana/o muralism: the radicalization of an aesthetic

The dialectics of continuity and disruption: Chicana/o and Mexican indigenist murals

The Chicano movement and indigenist murals: the formation of a nationalist canon and identity

Graffiti and murals: urban culture and indigenist glyphs

The Chicana/o mural environment: indigenist aesthetics and urban spaces

Gender, indigenism, and Chicana muralists

Murals and postmodernism: post-movimiento, heterogeneity, and new media in Chicana/o indigenism.

Notes:

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Includes bibliographical references (p. [269]-282) and index.

ISBN:

0-292-79393-6

OCLC:

311063888