South of Pico : African American artists in Los Angeles in the 1960s and 1970s /

In 'South of Pico' Kellie Jones explores how the artists in Los Angeles's black communities during the 1960s and 1970s created a vibrant, productive and engaged activist arts scene in the face of structural racism. Emphasizing the importance of African American migration, as well as L...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author:	Jones, Kellie, 1959- (Author)
Format:	Book
Language:	English
Published:	Durham, North Carolina : Duke University Press, [2017]
Subjects:	African American artists > California > Los Angeles. African American arts > Social aspects > California > Los Angeles > History > 20th century. Artists and community > California > Los Angeles > History > 20th century. African Americans > California > Los Angeles > History > 20th century. Los Angeles (Calif.) > Race relations > History > 20th century.

Table of Contents:

Emerge: Putting southern California on the art world map
Claim: assemblage and self-possession
Organize: Building an exhibitionary complex
In motion: the performative impulse
Conclusion. Noshun: Black Los Angeles and the global imagination.