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OverviewFull Product DetailsAuthor: Edward J. McCaughan , Ed McCaughanPublisher: Duke University Press Imprint: Duke University Press Dimensions: Width: 15.70cm , Height: 2.00cm , Length: 23.60cm Weight: 0.454kg ISBN: 9780822351689ISBN 10: 0822351684 Pages: 232 Publication Date: 28 March 2012 Audience: Professional and scholarly , Professional & Vocational Format: Hardback Publisher's Status: Active Availability: In Print  This item will be ordered in for you from one of our suppliers. Upon receipt, we will promptly dispatch it out to you. For in store availability, please contact us. Table of ContentsList of Illustrations ix Preface. The Heart Has Its Reasons xi Acknowledgments xxi 1. Signs of the Times 1 2. Signs of Citizenship 20 3. Signs of (Be)Longing and Exclusion 57 4. The Significance of Style 101 5. Creative Spaces 135 6. Creative Power 152 Postscript. Of Legacies and the Aroma of Popcorn 167 Notes 171 References 179 Index 197ReviewsArt and Social Movements makes a powerful statement about the continued vitality of--and need for--the creative arts in radical political movements. By effectively synthesizing grounded analysis of grassroots politics with deft theoretical explanations of artistic genres, Edward McCaughan provides what I believe is the most significant empirically grounded study of cultural politics in Latin America since the anthology Cultures of Politics, Politics of Cultures , which was published in 1998. --Howard Campbell, author of Mexican Memoir: A Personal Account of Anthropology and Radical Politics in Oaxaca Art and Social Movements lives up to its title, for only when the art and culture of social movements are explored along with their politics, do we begin to have a vital and comprehensive sense of the emotions and creativity involved. The sad, violent and arbitrary border between Latin America and Latino USA too often ignores the history of collaboration and influence each side of that fictitious line has given the other. Edward J. McCaughan, through personal experience and exhaustive research, sets the record straight! Margaret Randall, author of When I Look Into the Mirror and See You and To Change the World: My Years in Cuba Art and Social Movements makes a powerful statement about the continued vitality of - and need for - the creative arts in radical political movements. By effectively synthesizing grounded analysis of grassroots politics with deft theoretical explanations of artistic genres, Edward McCaughan provides what I believe is the most significant empirically grounded study of cultural politics in Latin America since the anthology Cultures of Politics, Politics of Cultures, which was published in 1998. Howard Campbell, author of Mexican Memoir: A Personal Account of Anthropology and Radical Politics in Oaxaca Vital Signs makes a powerful statement about the continued vitality of--and need for--the creative arts in radical political movements. By effectively synthesizing grounded analysis of grassroots politics with deft theoretical explanations of artistic genres, Edward McCaughan provides what I believe is the most significant empirically grounded study of cultural politics in Latin America since the anthology Cultures of Politics, Politics of Cultures , which was published in 1998. --Howard Campbell, author of Mexican Memoir: A Personal Account of Anthropology and Radical Politics in Oaxaca Author InformationEdward J. McCaughan is Professor and Chair of the Department of Sociology at San Francisco State University. His books include Reinventing Revolution: The Renovation of Left Discourse in Cuba and Mexico. Tab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |
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