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In this dynamic book, Helen Langa shows how innovative printmakers developed 'social viewpoint' works that focused on contemporary issues of labour justice, antiracism and antifascist activism.

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Acknowledgments Introduction: Social Viewpoint Prints, Cultural Democracy, and Leftist Politics I. "Art for the Millions": Printmaking in New York in the 1930s II. Modern Styles, Radical Themes III. Imag(in)ing Labor: Fine Prints and Their Historical Contexts IV. Protesting Societal Injustice: Antiracism in 1930s Prints V. Horror and Outrage: Printmakers against War and Fascism VI. Transient Opportunities: Cultural Politics and Social Viewpoint Prints Appendix: Brief Biographies of the Artists Notes Selected Bibliography List of Illustrations Index

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      Publisher: University of California Press
      Publication Date: 25/03/2004
      ISBN13: 9780520231559, 978-0520231559
      ISBN10: 0520231554

      Description

      Book Synopsis
      In this dynamic book, Helen Langa shows how innovative printmakers developed 'social viewpoint' works that focused on contemporary issues of labour justice, antiracism and antifascist activism.

      Table of Contents
      Acknowledgments Introduction: Social Viewpoint Prints, Cultural Democracy, and Leftist Politics I. "Art for the Millions": Printmaking in New York in the 1930s II. Modern Styles, Radical Themes III. Imag(in)ing Labor: Fine Prints and Their Historical Contexts IV. Protesting Societal Injustice: Antiracism in 1930s Prints V. Horror and Outrage: Printmakers against War and Fascism VI. Transient Opportunities: Cultural Politics and Social Viewpoint Prints Appendix: Brief Biographies of the Artists Notes Selected Bibliography List of Illustrations Index

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