Black arts West : culture and struggle in postwar Los Angeles / Daniel Widener.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Widener, Daniel.

Series:

e-Duke books scholarly collection.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

African American arts--Political aspects--California--Los Angeles--History--20th century.

African American arts.

African American artists--Political activity--California--Los Angeles--History--20th century.

African American artists.

Los Angeles (Calif.)--Race relations--History--20th century.

Los Angeles (Calif.).

Physical Description:

1 online resource (385 p.)

Place of Publication:

Durham [N.C.] : Duke University Press, 2010.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

A social and cultural history of African American arts activity in Los Angeles between the Second World War and the 1992 riots.

Contents:

Hollywood scuffle : the Second World War, Los Angeles, and the politics of wartime representation

The Negro as human being? Desegregation and the Black arts imperative

Writing Watts : the rise and fall of cultural liberalism

Notes from the underground : free jazz and Black power in South Los Angeles

Studios in the street : creative community and visual arts

The arms of criticism : the cultural politics of urban insurgency

An intimate enemy : culture and the contradictions of Bradleyism

How to survive in South Central : Black film as class critique.

Notes:

Description based on print version record

Includes bibliographical references (p. [329]-352) and index.

ISBN:

9786613065537

9781283065535

1283065533

9780822392620

0822392623

OCLC:

743490579