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We make each other beautiful : art, activism, and the law
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We make each other beautiful : art, activism, and the law / Yxta Maya Murray.
ISBN
9781501775581
1501775588
9781501775598
1501775596
9781501775604
9781501775611
Publication
Ithaca, New York : Cornell University Press, 2024.
Copyright Notice Date
©2024.
Physical Description
ix, 233 pages : illustrations (chiefly color) ; 23 cm.
Summary
"This book concerns women of color and queer of color artist-activists-"artivists"-whose work challenges discriminatory and oppressive US laws. Written by a law professor and art critic, the book examines how artivists critique, protest against, and create new interpretations of law through their direct action and their art"-- Provided by publisher.
Other formats
Online version: Murray, Yxta Maya. We make each other beautiful Ithaca : Cornell University Press, 2024
Format
Books
Language
English
Added to Catalog
July 24, 2024
Series
Publicly engaged scholars : identities, purposes, practices.
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents
Introduction : A tradition born of women of color and queer of color arts-activism
Artivism avant la lettre
From Here I Saw What Happened and I Cried : Carrie Mae Weems' Challenge to Copyright and Property Law
"I just didn't feel safe, though I have to say I don't feel safe a lot of times, in a lot of different places" : Young Joon Kwak's Mutant Salon and the Queer Need for Safer and Thriving Spaces
"How did we get here?" : Tanya Aguiñiga's Art about the Border and Disability Law
"There are so many stories like that, too, of the government and private companies relinquishing their responsibility to the people of New Orleans, who had lost everything" : Imani Jacqueline Brown, Blights Out, and Live Action Painting (2015)
"We wanted to open up and surpass those usual understandings" : Drawn Together and Fair Artists' Contracts
Conclusion : An Art Dedicated to Survival : Art, Law, Hope, and the Way Ahead.
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