Chicana and Chicano art : ProtestArte /

From the Publisher: This is the first book solely dedicated to the history, development, and present-day flowering of Chicana and Chicano visual arts. It offers readers an opportunity to understand and appreciate Chicana/o art from its beginnings in the 1960s, its relationship to the Chicana/o Move...

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Bibliographic Details
Author / Creator: Jackson, Carlos Francisco, 1978-
Format: Book
Language:English
Imprint: Tucson : University of Arizona Press, [2009]
Series:Mexican American experience.
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Online Access:Table of contents only
Table of Contents:
  • List of illustrations
  • Acknowledgments
  • Introduction
  • History of the Mexican American experience
  • New nation and a new culture
  • Mexican Americans and the World War II era
  • Emergence of Chicanismo
  • National Chicano youth liberation conference and Aztlan
  • Approaching democracy and approaching Chicanismo
  • Organization of this book
  • Discussion questions
  • Suggested readings
  • 1: Artistic Influences On The Chicano Art Movement
  • Emergence of a Mexican National art: challenging colonial art
  • Jose Guadalupe Posada
  • Mexican revolution and the Mexican mural movement
  • Works progress administration section of fine arts and the federal art project
  • Taller de Grafica popular
  • OSPAAAL and Cuban printmaking
  • Conclusion
  • Discussion questions
  • Suggested readings
  • 2: Art And The Chicano Movement
  • Emergence of a Chicano art movement
  • Rasquachismo: a Chicano sensibility
  • Geography of Chicana and Chicano art production
  • Poster
  • Mural
  • Conclusion
  • Discussion questions
  • Suggested readings
  • 3: Prominent Themes In Chicano Art
  • Chicano nationalism and pre-Columbian culture
  • Immigration and the border
  • Labor
  • Chicana feminism and sexuality
  • Family and rituals
  • Antiwar activism and third world liberation struggles
  • Chicano popular culture
  • Conclusion
  • Discussion questions
  • Suggested readings
  • 4: Chicano Art Collectives
  • Mexican American liberation art front (MALAF), (1968-1970)
  • Asco, (1971-1987)
  • Royal Chicano air force (RCAF), (1972-)
  • Mujeres muralists, (1973-1977)
  • Con Safos and Los Quemados
  • Los Four, (1973-1983)
  • Co-Madres artistas, (1992-)
  • Discussion questions
  • Suggested readings
  • 5: Community Art Centers And Workshops
  • Self help graphics and art inc, (1970-)
  • Galeria de la Raza, (1970-)
  • Centro cultural de la Raza, (1970-)
  • La Raza silkscreen center (LRSC), (1970-1995), and mission Grafica, (1995-)
  • Social public art resource center (SPARC), (1976-)
  • Discussion questions
  • Suggested readings
  • 6: Trends In Chicano Art
  • Exhibitions
  • Archives, collections, and publications
  • Future of Chicano art
  • Discussion questions
  • Suggested readings
  • Conclusion
  • Glossary
  • Suggested web sites
  • Works consulted
  • Index.