{"product_id":"we-make-each-other-beautiful-art-activism-and-the-law-hardback-9781501775581","title":"We Make Each Other Beautiful; Art, Activism, and the Law (Hardback) 9781501775581","description":"\u003cfont face=\"Georgia\"\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"6\"\u003eWe Make Each Other Beautiful\u003c\/font\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\u003cfont size=\"5\"\u003eArt, Activism, and the Law\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003eYxta Maya Murray (Author)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e9781501775581\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eHardback, published 15 June 2024\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e246 pages, 2 b\u0026amp;w halftones, 26 color halftones, 3 illustrations - 3 Illustrations, unspecified - 2 Halftones, black and white - 26 Halftones, color\u003cbr\u003e22.9 x 15.2 x 2.1 cm, 0.907 kg\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eWe Make Each Other Beautiful\u003c\/i\u003e swan dives into the activist projects of US-based and diasporic artists as wide-ranging as Carrie Mae Weems, Young Joon Kwak, Tanya Aguiñiga, and Imani Jacqueline Brown that trace the emergence and cultural trajectories of these artivists' networks of radical affinities and models of care.\u003c\/p\u003e (Hyperallergic) \u003cp\u003eAn important bridge between the academic and artistic worlds she inhabits, \u003ci\u003eWe Make Each Other Beautiful\u003c\/i\u003e elucidates not only the role that artists play in society with syntactical brio but also how the most rigorous critiques of the law often emerge from artistic practice.\u003c\/p\u003e (Hyperallergic)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eWe Make Each Other Beautiful\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e focuses on woman of color and queer of color artists and artist collectives who engage in direct political action as a part of their art practice.\u003c\/b\u003e Defined by public protest, rule-breaking, rebellion, and resistance to governmental and institutional abuse, direct-action \"artivism\" draws on the aims, radical spirit, and tactics of the civil rights and feminist movements and on the struggles for disability rights, queer rights, and immigrant rights to seek legal and social change. \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eYxta Maya Murray traces the development of artivism as a practice from the Harlem Renaissance to Yoko Ono, Judy Baca, and Marsha P. Johnson. She also studies its role in transforming law and society. \u003ci\u003eWe Make Each Other Beautiful\u003c\/i\u003e profiles the work and lives of four contemporary artivists —Carrie Mae Weems, Young Joon Kwak, Tanya Aguiñiga, and Imani Jacqueline Brown—and the artivist collective Drawn Together, combining new oral histories with sharp analyses of how their diverse and expansive artistic practices bear important aesthetic and politicolegal meanings that address a wide range of injustices.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\u003cp\u003eIntroduction\u003cbr\u003e 1. Artivism Avant La Lettre\u003cbr\u003e 2. From Here I Saw What Happened and I Cried: Carrie MaeWeems' Challenge to Copyright and Property Law\u003cbr\u003e 3. \"I just didn't feel safe, but I don't feel safe a lot of times in alot of different places:\": Young Joon Kwak's Mutant Salon andthe queer need for safer and thriving spaces\u003cbr\u003e 4. \"How did we get here?\": Tanya Aguiñiga's art about theborder and disability law\u003cbr\u003e 5. \"There are so many stories like that, too, of the governmentand private companies relinquishing their responsibility to thepeople of New Orleans, who had lost everything\":: Imani Jacqueline Brown, Blights Out, and Live Action Painting(2015\u003cbr\u003e 6. \"We wanted to open up and surpass those usualunderstandings:\": Drawn Together and fair artists' contracts\u003cbr\u003e Conclusion: An art dedicated to survival: Art, law, hope, and the wayahead\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/font\u003e","brand":"Cornell University Press","offers":[{"title":"Brand New","offer_id":52608270369048,"sku":"9781501775581","price":86.76,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/products\/we-make-each-other-beautiful-art-activism-and-the-law-hardback-9781501775581","provider":"Freshly Printed Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}