Creative Activism

Conversations on Music, Film, Literature, and Other Radical Arts

Inbunden, Engelska, 2018

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Beskrivning

This collection brings together interviews with a compelling range of musicians, artists, and activists from around the globe. What does it mean for an artist to be “political”? Moving away from a narrow idea about politics that is organized around elections, advocacy groups, or concrete manifestos, the subjects of Creative Activism do their work through song, poetry, painting, and other arts. The interviews take us from Oakland to London to Johannesburg and from the Occupy movement to the coal mines of Appalachia to the fantasy worlds created by some of our most fascinating writers of spectacular fiction. Listening to the important “cultural workers” of our time challenges any idea that some other time was the golden age of political art: Creative Activism gives us a front-row seat to the thrilling artistic activism of our own moment.

Produktinformation

Utgivningsdatum:2018-05-17
Mått:152 x 229 x undefined mm
Vikt:649 g
Format:Inbunden
Språk:Engelska
Antal sidor:360
Förlag:Bloomsbury Publishing Plc
ISBN:9781501337215

Utforska kategorier

Musikböcker inom Kultur
Politisk aktivism inom Samhälle och politik

Mer om författaren

Rachel Lee Rubin is Professor of American Studies at the University of Massachusetts Boston, USA, where she directs the Center for the Study of Humanities, Culture, and Society. She has authored and edited numerous books on American popular culture including Well Met: Renaissance Faires and the American Counterculture, American Identities: An Introductory Textbook, American Popular Music: New Approaches to the Twentieth Century, and an upcoming title for Bloomsbury's 33 1/3 series, Okie from Muskogee. She is a regular commentator on public radio and frequently quoted as a popular culture expert in the mainstream media.

Recensioner i media

There is a wonderfully useful group of contemporary thinkers assembled here. I am glad it exists.

Innehållsförteckning

IntroductionSECTION 1: Coal1. “I'll Throw This Apple Atcha”: The Meaning of Mining According to Billy Edd Wheeler2. “Visible, Horrible, Ugly”: Toxicity According to John Sabraw3. “The Baby Needed Milk”: Collectivity According to Diane Gilliam FisherSECTION 2: War and Peace4. “It's a Great American Tradition”: War and Industry According to John Sayles 5. “Revolution by Tricks and Clowning”: Trips According to Maxine Hong Kingston6. “Part of My Being”: Politics and Poetics According to Keorapetse KgositsileSECTION 3: Borders7. “I Sing about Cesar Chavez in Gold Lamé Hot Pants”: Revolution and Celebration According to El Vez8. "I’m Not Some Fucking Gadjo!": Migration According to Eugene Hutz9. “Gaps We Cross with Technology”: Solidarity and Surveillance According to Cory Doctorow 10. “What It’s Like to Be Stuck”: Interruption According to Julio SalgadoSECTION 4: Sex, Gender, and Sexuality 11. “It’s Like Walt Whitman Gave Me a Blow Job”: Action According to Abe Rybeck 12. “Simultaneity of Actions”: Liberation According to Sarah Schulman13. “Wigs and Skin”: Colonialism According to Ama Ata AidooSECTION 5: Economic Justice14. “Hey, I See You”: Revolution According to Boots Riley15. “Power and Powerlessness”: Detecting History According to Sara Paretsky16. “Sometimes I Get Political, Sometimes I Get Offensive”: Pushing Back According to Dallas Wayne SECTION 6: Prisons17. “The Anti-Slavery Act of 2002”: Private Prisons and Social Justice According to Si Kahn18. “Politics through Artistic Eyes, and Art through Political Eyes”: Prison Rebellion According to Raúl Salinas19. “From My 6 x 9 Cell”: Prison and Painting According to Anthony PapaSECTION 7: Transformations20. “It’s All Connected”: Service According to Betye Saar21. “I’m a Bit of a Threat”: Immortality According to Roz Kaveney22. “Folklore, Fakelore and Fucklore”: Metamorphosis According to Emma Bull and Will ShetterlyBibliographyIndex