The art of protest

Description:

From the freedom songs of the Civil Rights Movement to the anarchically creative tactics deployed by anti-WTO protestors at the "Battle in Seattle," Reed (American studies, Washington State U.) examines the cultural expression of protest of social movements in the United States. Believing dramatic actions, "repeated public displays" in the words of social movement theorist Charles Tilly, to be an essential facet of social movements in general he analyzes the cultural elements and cultural. Impact the above-mentioned movements, as well as the dramatic displays of the Black Panthers, the poetry of the Women's Rights Movement, Chicano movements and the revolutionary mural, the American Indian Movement in film, rock music approaches to African famine and apartheid, the graphic arts of ACT UP, and the discourse of environmentalism. Annotation 2006 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com).

subjects: History and criticism,  Protest movements,  Radicalism,  Radicalism in art,  Radicalism in literature,  Social movements in art,  Social movements in literature,  Songs and music,  Social movements,  United states, social conditions,  Civil rights movements, united states,  United states, politics and government,  Radicalisme,  Contestation,  Mouvements sociaux dans l'art,  Mouvements sociaux dans la litterature,  Radicalisme dans l'art,  Radicalisme dans la litterature,  Chants et musique,  Histoire et critique,  Universidad Sergio Arboleda

Places: United States