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Takes a comprehensive look at the key role of California's art and artists in politics and culture since 1945. This work offers the reader a historical sense of the significant role California has played in generating political art and also how the state has stimulated politically engaged art throughout the world.

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Preface Prologue: Countering Cultures: The California Context Susan Landauer Introduction: Paths to Engagement 1. Against War and Violence 2. Countercultural Trends 3. Human Rights and Ethnic and Gender Identity 4. Toward a Sustainable Earth Timeline Acknowledgments Notes Selected Bibliography List of Illustrations Index

Art of Engagement

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    A Paperback by Peter Selz, Susan Landauer

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      Publisher: University of California Press
      Publication Date: 1/3/2006 12:00:00 AM
      ISBN13: 9780520240537, 978-0520240537
      ISBN10: 0520240537
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      Description

      Book Synopsis
      Takes a comprehensive look at the key role of California's art and artists in politics and culture since 1945. This work offers the reader a historical sense of the significant role California has played in generating political art and also how the state has stimulated politically engaged art throughout the world.

      Table of Contents
      Preface Prologue: Countering Cultures: The California Context Susan Landauer Introduction: Paths to Engagement 1. Against War and Violence 2. Countercultural Trends 3. Human Rights and Ethnic and Gender Identity 4. Toward a Sustainable Earth Timeline Acknowledgments Notes Selected Bibliography List of Illustrations Index

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