Art Rebels: Race, Class, and Gender in the Art of Miles Davis and Martin Scorsese

Hardback

Main Details

Title Art Rebels: Race, Class, and Gender in the Art of Miles Davis and Martin Scorsese
Authors and Contributors      By (author) Paul Lopes
Physical Properties
Format:Hardback
Pages:248
Dimensions(mm): Height 235,Width 155
Category/GenreFilms and cinema
Film theory and criticism
Other performing arts
Jazz
ISBN/Barcode 9780691159492
ClassificationsDewey:781.650922
Audience
Tertiary Education (US: College)
Professional & Vocational
Illustrations 1 b/w illus.

Publishing Details

Publisher Princeton University Press
Imprint Princeton University Press
Publication Date 11 June 2019
Publication Country United States

Description

How creative freedom, race, class, and gender shaped the rebellion of two visionary artists Postwar America experienced an unprecedented flourishing of avant-garde and independent art. Across the arts, artists rebelled against traditional conventions, embracing a commitment to creative autonomy and personal vision never before witnessed in the U

Author Biography

Paul Lopes is associate professor of sociology at Colgate University. He is the author of Demanding Respect: The Evolution of the American Comic Book and The Rise of a Jazz Art World.

Reviews

"This one is a bit of a curio for jazz followers, many of whom might be drawn to the book via the Miles Davis name on the cover"---Peter Gamble, Jazz Journal "Art Rebels is a significant achievement. It is careful, considered, reasoned, and eye-opening."---Clayton Childress, Symbolic Interaction "[T]he defamiliarization of art through these reseeings and retellings makes for a mind-changing and instructive experience." * Choice * "By examining the ineffable area linking individualism and commercialism, civic and racial consciousness, Lopes contributes a nuanced and timely account of the unlikely mix of 'tradition and the individual talent'."---Adriana-Cecilia Neagu, American British and Canadian Studies