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Art was their weapon : the history of the Perth Workers' Art Guild / Dylan Hyde.
LIBRA DU378 .H93 2019
Available from offsite location
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Hyde, Dylan, author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Demonstrations.
- History.
- Art and state.
- Perth (W.A.)--Politics and government--History--20th century.
- Perth (W.A.).
- Art and state--Australia--Perth (W.A.)--History--20th century.
- Demonstrations--Australia--Perth (W.A.)--History--20th century.
- Politics and government.
- Western Australia--Perth.
- Australia.
- Genre:
- History.
- Physical Description:
- 365 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
- Other Title:
- History of the Perth Workers' Art Guild
- Place of Publication:
- Fremantle, WA : Fremantle Press, 2019.
- Contents:
- 1 The Red Witch of Greenmount p. 10
- 2 The Five Arts Club p. 22
- 3 Kisch and the Popular Front p. 35
- 4 The 'Living Theatre': Formation of the Perth Workers' Theatre p. 48
- 5 'Man of Enterprise': Keith George and The Workers' Art Club p. 64
- 6 The Workers' Art Guild and the Party Line p. 76
- 7 'Bury the Dead' p. 85
- 8 Spain, Moscow and 'The Southern Cross' p. 99
- 9 'Offensive Epithets' p. 125
- 10 Standing Guard for the Party p. 138
- 11 Leading the Revolution on a White Horse p. 160
- 12 The War, and 'Blood on the Moon' p. 174
- 13 'The Fervent Years' p. 186
- 14 'Art as a Weapon in the People's Fight' p. 194
- 15 'The Surrealist Mob' p. 212
- 16 'The Faded Years': A Retreat to Provincialism p. 228.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- ISBN:
- 9781925815740
- 1925815749
- OCLC:
- 1104863351
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