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Walls of Empowerment : Chicana/o Indigenist Murals of California / Guisela Latorre.

By: Material type: TextTextPublisher: Austin : University of Texas Press, [2021]Copyright date: ©2008Description: 1 online resource (324 p.)Content type:
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  • 9780292793934
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 751.7/308968720794 22
LOC classification:
  • ND2635.C22 S685 2008eb
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  • online - DeGruyter
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Contents:
Frontmatter -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction. Indigenism and Chicana/o Muralism: The Radicalization of an Aesthetic -- Chapter 1. The Dialectics of Continuity and Disruption: Chicana/o and Mexican Indigenist Murals -- Chapter 2. The Chicano Movement and Indigenist Murals: The Formation of a Nationalist Canon and Identity -- Chapter 3. Graffiti and Murals: Urban Culture and Indigenist Glyphs -- Chapter 4. The Chicana/o Mural Environment: Indigenist Aesthetics and Urban Spaces -- Chapter 5. Gender, Indigenism, and Chicana Muralists -- Chapter 6. Murals and Postmodernism: Post-movimiento, Heterogeneity, and New Media in Chicana/o Indigenism -- Epilogue -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index
Summary: Exploring three major hubs of muralist activity in California, where indigenist imagery is prevalent, Walls of Empowerment celebrates an aesthetic that seeks to firmly establish Chicana/o sociopolitical identity in U.S. territory. Providing readers with a history and genealogy of key muralists' productions, Guisela Latorre also showcases new material and original research on works and artists never before examined in print. An art form often associated with male creative endeavors, muralism in fact reflects significant contributions by Chicana artists. Encompassing these and other aspects of contemporary dialogues, including the often tense relationship between graffiti and muralism, Walls of Empowerment is a comprehensive study that, unlike many previous endeavors, does not privilege non-public Latina/o art. In addition, Latorre introduces readers to the role of new media, including performance, sculpture, and digital technology, in shaping the muralist's "canvas." Drawing on nearly a decade of fieldwork, this timely endeavor highlights the ways in which California's Mexican American communities have used images of indigenous peoples to raise awareness of the region's original citizens. Latorre also casts murals as a radical force for decolonization and liberation, and she provides a stirring description of the decades, particularly the late 1960s through 1980s, that saw California's rise as the epicenter of mural production. Blending the perspectives of art history and sociology with firsthand accounts drawn from artists' interviews, Walls of Empowerment represents a crucial turning point in the study of these iconographic artifacts.
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Frontmatter -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction. Indigenism and Chicana/o Muralism: The Radicalization of an Aesthetic -- Chapter 1. The Dialectics of Continuity and Disruption: Chicana/o and Mexican Indigenist Murals -- Chapter 2. The Chicano Movement and Indigenist Murals: The Formation of a Nationalist Canon and Identity -- Chapter 3. Graffiti and Murals: Urban Culture and Indigenist Glyphs -- Chapter 4. The Chicana/o Mural Environment: Indigenist Aesthetics and Urban Spaces -- Chapter 5. Gender, Indigenism, and Chicana Muralists -- Chapter 6. Murals and Postmodernism: Post-movimiento, Heterogeneity, and New Media in Chicana/o Indigenism -- Epilogue -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index

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Exploring three major hubs of muralist activity in California, where indigenist imagery is prevalent, Walls of Empowerment celebrates an aesthetic that seeks to firmly establish Chicana/o sociopolitical identity in U.S. territory. Providing readers with a history and genealogy of key muralists' productions, Guisela Latorre also showcases new material and original research on works and artists never before examined in print. An art form often associated with male creative endeavors, muralism in fact reflects significant contributions by Chicana artists. Encompassing these and other aspects of contemporary dialogues, including the often tense relationship between graffiti and muralism, Walls of Empowerment is a comprehensive study that, unlike many previous endeavors, does not privilege non-public Latina/o art. In addition, Latorre introduces readers to the role of new media, including performance, sculpture, and digital technology, in shaping the muralist's "canvas." Drawing on nearly a decade of fieldwork, this timely endeavor highlights the ways in which California's Mexican American communities have used images of indigenous peoples to raise awareness of the region's original citizens. Latorre also casts murals as a radical force for decolonization and liberation, and she provides a stirring description of the decades, particularly the late 1960s through 1980s, that saw California's rise as the epicenter of mural production. Blending the perspectives of art history and sociology with firsthand accounts drawn from artists' interviews, Walls of Empowerment represents a crucial turning point in the study of these iconographic artifacts.

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In English.

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