We wanted a revolution : black radical women, 1965-85 : a sourcebook

We wanted a revolution : black radical women, 1965-85 : a sourcebook /

"Focusing on the work of black women artists, We Wanted a Revolution: Black Radical Women, 1965-85 examines the political, social, cultural, and aesthetic priorities of women of color during the emergence of second-wave feminism. It is the first exhibition to highlight the voices and experience...

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Other Authors: Morris, Catherine (Editor), Hockley, Rujeko (Editor)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Brooklyn, NY : Brooklyn Museum, [2017]
Series:Berklee Africana Studies collection.
Subjects:
Brooklyn Museum > Exhibitions.
African American feminists > History > 20th century > Exhibitions.
African American women authors > History > 20th century > Exhibitions.
African American radicals > 20th century > Exhibitions.
African American women > Political activity > 20th century > Exhibitions.
Feminist literature > United States > History > 20th century > Exhibitions.
Feminism > History > Sources > Exhibitions.
Feminism.
Feminists.
Exhibition catalogs.
Item Description:
  • Published on the occasion of an exhibition at the Brooklyn Museum, April 21-September 17, 2017.
  • The artists represented in the exhibition include Emma Amos, Camille Billops, Kay Brown, Vivian E. Browne, Linda Goode Bryant, Beverly Buchanan, Carole Byard, Elizabeth Catlett, Barbara Chase-Riboud, Ayoka Chenzira, Christine Choy and Susan Robeson, Blondell Cummings, Julie Dash, Pat Davis, Jeff Donaldson, Maren Hassinger, Janet Henry, Virginia Jaramillo, Jae Jarrell, Wadsworth Jarrell, Lisa Jones, Loïs Mailou Jones, Barbara Jones-Hogu, Carolyn Lawrence, Samella Lewis, Dindga McCannon, Barbara McCullough, Ana Mendieta, Senga Nengudi, Lorraine O'Grady, Howardena Pindell, Faith Ringgold, Alva Rogers, Alison Saar, Betye Saar, Coreen Simpson, Lorna Simpson, Ming Smith, and Carrie Mae Weems.
  • This "Sourcebook gathers selected writings in order to situate radical art-making within the broader sociopolitical context of the period. It highlights the artists' and writers' own voices, in primary sources and original documents pertaining to several significant historical events, activist artist groups, and key exhibitions."--Page 19.

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Barcode: 37684001103216 Available Place a Hold

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