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Black arts West : culture and struggle in postwar Los Angeles / Daniel Widener

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Author:
Widener, Daniel  Search this
Physical description:
xiv, 368 p. : ill ; 25 cm
Type:
Books
Place:
California
Los Angeles
Los Angeles (Calif.)
Date:
2010
20th century
Contents:
Hollywood scuffle : the Second World War, Los Angeles, and the politics of wartime representation -- The Negro as human being? Desegregation and the Black arts imperative -- Writing Watts : the rise and fall of cultural liberalism -- Notes from the underground : free jazz and Black power in South Los Angeles -- Studios in the street : creative community and visual arts -- The arms of criticism : the cultural politics of urban insurgency -- An intimate enemy : culture and the contradictions of Bradleyism -- How to survive in South Central : Black film as class critique
Topic:
African American arts--Political aspects--History  Search this
African American artists--Political activity--History  Search this
Race relations  Search this
History  Search this
Data Source:
Smithsonian Libraries
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_sil_937303