Publication

2010 - Duke University Press, Durham, NC, North Carolina

Language

English

Word Count

92,000 words, Guess

Page Count

368 pages

Identifiers

and 5 more
  • ISBN-100822346796
  • Library of Congress Control Number2009043379
  • OCLC Control Number458583418
  • Better World Books9780822346791
  • Better World Books9780822346678

Classifications

  • DDC700.89/96073079494
  • LCCNX512.3.A35 W534 2010
  • LCCNX512.3.A35W534 2010

Description

"From postwar efforts to end discrimination in the motion-picture industry, recording studios, and musicians' unions, through the development of community-based arts organizations, to the creation of searing films critiquing conditions in the black working class neighborhoods of a city touting its multiculturalism - Black Arts West documents the social and political significance of African American arts activity in Los Angeles between the Second World War and the riots of 1992." "Focusing on the lives and work of black writers, visual artists, musicians, and filmmakers, Daniel Widener tells how black cultural politics changed over time, and how altered political realities generated new forms of artistic and cultural expression. His narrative is filled with figures invested in the politics of black art and culture in postwar Los Angeles, including not only African American artists but also black nationalists, affluent liberal whites, elected officials, and federal bureaucrats." --Book Jacket.

Subjects

Other Editions

  • Black arts West: culture and struggle in postwar Los AngelesDuke University Press2010-01-01

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