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We wanted a revolution : Black radical women, 1965-85, new perspectives

Title
We wanted a revolution : Black radical women, 1965-85, new perspectives / edited by Catherine Morris and Rujeko Hockley ; contributions by Aruna D'Souza [and 6 others].
Publication
Brooklyn, NY : Brooklyn Museum, 2018.

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Additional Authors
  • Morris, Catherine
  • Hockley, Rujeko
  • D'Souza, Aruna
  • Brooklyn Museum, issuing body, host institution. http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/isb http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/his
  • California African-American Museum, host institution. http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/his
  • Albright-Knox Art Gallery, host institution. http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/his
  • Institute of Contemporary Art (Boston, Mass.), host institution. http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/his
Description
152 pages : illustrations (some color); 27 cm
Summary
Illustrated volume to accompany an exhibition at the Brooklyn Museum opening April 2017, including an introduction by the exhibition co-curators; three scholarly critical essays; remarks from a symposium held in conjunction with the exhibition on April 21, 2017, consisting of personal reminiscences of the theater group Rodeo Caldonia; exhibition installation photographs with texts of the section introductions; an exhibition checklist; and a bibliography. An epigraph of two poems by Alice Walker will appear after the half-title page.
Alternative Title
Black radical women, 1965-85
Subject
  • 1900-1999
  • 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 and the arts > United States > History > 20th century > Exhibitions
  • African American feminists
  • African American radicals
  • African American women authors
  • African American women > Political activity
  • Feminism and the arts
  • Feminist literature
  • United States
Genre/Form
  • Exhibition catalogs.
  • History.
Note
  • Published on the occasion of an exhibition held at Brooklyn Museum, April 21-September 17, 2017; California African American Museum, Los Angeles, October 13, 2017-January 14, 2018; Albright-Knox Art Gallery, Buffalo, February 17-May 27, 2018; and the Institute of Contemporary Art/Boston, June 26-September 30, 2018.
Bibliography (note)
  • Includes bibliographical references (pages 143-151).
Contents
Foreword / Anne Pasternak -- Acknowledgements -- Introduction / Catherine Morris and Rujeko Hockley -- We wanted a revolution: black radical women, 1965-85: the installation -- Swimming with E.C. / Kellie Jones -- Early intersections: the work of third world feminism / Aruna d'Souza -- Sand, nylon and dirt: Senga Nengudi and Maren Hassinger in Southern California / Uri McMillan -- When the rent was cheap and the art was everything: remembering Rodeo Caldonia / Lisa Jones.
ISBN
  • 9780872731844
  • 0872731847
LCCN
  • 2017037832
  • 99980852732
OCLC
  • on1002302844
  • 1002302844
  • SCSB-13616634
Owning Institutions
Columbia University Libraries