Zapantera Negra : an artistic encounter between Black Panthers and Zapatistas / edited by Marc James Léger and David Tomas ; with Emory Douglas, EDELO (Mia Eve Rollow and Caleb Duarte Piñon), Rigo 23, and Saúl Kak.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Léger, Marc James, 1968- editor.

Tomas, David, editor.

Douglas, Emory, contributor.

Rollow, Mia Eve, contributor.

Piñon, Caleb Duarte, contributor.

Rigo 23, contributor.

Kak, Saul, contributor.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Black Panther Party.

Ejército Zapatista de Liberación Nacional (Mexico).

Art--Political aspects--United States.

Art.

Art--Political aspects--Mexico.

Protest movements--Mexico.

Protest movements.

Protest movements--United States.

Radicalism.

Art--Political aspects.

United States.

Radicalism--United States.

Radicalism--Mexico.

Mexico.

Physical Description:

iv, 205 pages : illustrations, portraits ; 22 cm

Place of Publication:

Brooklyn, NY : Common Notions, [2017]

Summary:

"What is the role of revolutionary art in times of distress? When Emory Douglas, former Minister of Culture of the Black Panther Party, accepted an invitation from the art collective EDELO and Rigo 23 to meet with autonomous and Indigenous and Zapatista communities in Chiapas, Mexico, they addressed just this question. Zapantera Negra is the result of their encounter. It unites the bold aesthetics, revolutionary dreams, and dignified declarations of two leading movements that redefine emancipatory politics in the twentieth and twenty-first century. The artists of the Black Panthers and the Zapatistas were born into a centuries-long struggle against racial capitalism and colonialism, state repression and international war and plunder. Not only did these two movements offer the world an enduring image of freedom and dignified rebellion, they did so with rebellious style, putting culture and aesthetics at the forefront of political life. A powerful elixir of hope and determination, Zapantera Negra provides a galvanizing presentation of interviews, militant artwork, and original documents from these two movements' struggle for dignity and liberation."--Publisher's description.

ISBN:

1942173059

9781942173052

OCLC:

959037305