"This Is America": Race, Gender, and Politics in America's Musical Landscape

by Katie Rios

Book Overview

In "This is America," Katie Rios considers current American artists who build encoded gestures of resistance into their works. These gestures recur across images, live performances, and videos, becoming recognizable acts of resistance leveled at injustices based on a number of categories, including race, gender, class, religion, and politics.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1793619182
• ISBN13: 9781793619181
• Release Date: January 2023
• Publisher: Globe Pequot Publishing Group Inc/Bloomsbury
• Length: 196 Pages
• Weight: 0.60 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.4" x 6.0" x 9.0"