Art for people's sake : artists and community in Black Chicago, 1965-75 / Rebecca Zorach.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Zorach, Rebecca, 1969- author.

Series:

e-Duke books scholarly collection

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

AFRICOBRA (Group of artists)--History.

AFRICOBRA (Group of artists).

Organization of Black American Culture--History.

Organization of Black American Culture.

Black Arts movement--Illinois--Chicago.

Black Arts movement.

African American arts--Illinois--Chicago--History--20th century.

African American arts.

City planning--Social aspects--Illinois--Chicago--History--20th century.

City planning.

Artists and community--Illinois--Chicago--History--20th century.

Artists and community.

History.

City planning--Social aspects.

Chicago (Ill.)--Race relations--History--20th century.

Chicago (Ill.).

Illinois--Chicago.

Genre:

Electronic books.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xx, 395 pages) : illustrations.

Place of Publication:

Durham : Duke University Press, 2019.

System Details:

Mode of Access: World Wide Web.

text file

Summary:

Rebecca Zorach traces the little-told story of the Black Arts Movement in Chicago, showing how its artistic innovations, institution building, and community engagement helped the residents of Chicago's South and West Sides respond to social, political, and economic marginalization.

Contents:

Claiming space, being in public

Cultural nationalism and community culture : on the beach, opportunity please knock, and the Affro-Arts Theater

An experimental friendship

The Black family

Until the walls come down

Superreal images and superreal people.

Notes:

Description based on print version record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Other Format:

Print version: Zorach, Rebecca, 1969- Art for people's sake.

ISBN:

9781478002468

1478002468

Access Restriction:

Restricted for use by site license.