The Black Arts Movement and the Black Panther Party in American Visual Culture

1. Auflage 2020
ISBN: 978-0-367-66315-5
Verlag: Taylor & Francis Ltd

Buch, Englisch, 232 Seiten, Format (B × H): 258 mm x 255 mm, Gewicht: 454 g

Reihe: Routledge Research in Art and Race

This book examines a range of visual expressions of Black Power across American art and popular culture from 1965 through 1972. It begins with case studies of artist groups, including Spiral, OBAC and AfriCOBRA, who began questioning Western aesthetic traditions and created work that honored leaders, affirmed African American culture, and embraced an African lineage. Also showcased is an Oakland Museum exhibition of 1968 called "New Perspectives in Black Art," as a way to consider if Black Panther Party activities in the neighborhood might have impacted local artists’ work. The concluding chapters concentrate on the relationship between selected Black Panther Party members and visual culture, focusing on how they were covered by the mainstream press, and how they self-represented to promote Party doctrine and agendas.

Zielgruppe

Postgraduate and Undergraduate

Autoren/Hrsg.

Morgan, Jo-Ann

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Kunst Kunstgeschichte Kunstgeschichte: 20./21. Jahrhundert Pop Art, Minimalismus
• Sozialwissenschaften Soziologie | Soziale Arbeit Spezielle Soziologie Soziologie von Migranten und Minderheiten
• Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Weltgeschichte & Geschichte einzelner Länder und Gebietsräume Geschichte einzelner Länder Amerikanische Geschichte
• Geisteswissenschaften Kunst Kunst, allgemein
• Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Geschichtliche Themen Mentalitäts- und Sozialgeschichte
• Sozialwissenschaften Ethnologie | Volkskunde Volkskunde Minderheiten, Interkulturelle & Multikulturelle Fragen
• Sozialwissenschaften Soziologie | Soziale Arbeit Soziale Gruppen/Soziale Themen Gewalt und Diskriminierung: Soziale Aspekte

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Introduction Part I: "Black Arts We Make": Aesthetics, Collaboration, and Social Identity in the Visual Art of Black Power 1. Pedigree of the Black Arts Movement: The March on Washington, Death of Malcolm X, and Free Jazz 2. Organization of Black American Culture: A Show of Respect 3. African Commune of Bad Relevant Artists: Finding a Black Aesthetic 4. Oakland Museum’s "New Perspectives in Black Art": Saying "Black Lives Matter" in 1968 Part II: The Black Panther Party in Photography and Print Ephemera 5. Huey P. Newton Enthroned: Iconic Image of Black Power 6. Eldridge Cleaver’s Visual Acumen and the Coalition of Black Power with White Resistance 7. Emory Douglas: Revolutionary Artist and Visual Theorist 8. Picturing the Female Revolutionary

Über Autor(innen)

Jo-Ann Morgan is Professor of African American Studies and Art History at Western Illinois University, USA. Her previous book, Uncle Tom’s Cabin as Visual Culture, received the Peter Seaborg Award for Civil War Scholarship in 2008.