Chicana and Chicano Art: ProtestArte

by Carlos Francisco Jackson

Book Overview

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 Movement and its leading artists, themes, current directions, and cultural impacts. Although the word "Chicano" once held negative connotations, students--along with civil rights...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0816526478
• ISBN13: 9780816526475
• Release Date: February 2009
• Publisher: University of Arizona Press
• Length: 256 Pages
• Weight: 1.10 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 6.1" x 9.1"