{"product_id":"creative-activism-conversations-on-music-film-literature-and-other-radical-arts-paperback","title":"Creative Activism: Conversations on Music, Film, Literature, and Other Radical Arts - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eRachel Lee Rubin\u003c\/b\u003e (Editor)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis collection brings together interviews with a compelling range of musicians, artists, and activists from around the globe. What does it mean for an artist to be \"political+ Moving away from a narrow idea about politics that is organized around elections, advocacy groups, or concrete manifestos, the subjects of \u003ci\u003eCreative Activism \u003c\/i\u003edo their work through song, poetry, painting, and other arts. The interviews take us from Oakland to London to Johannesburg and from the Occupy movement to the coal mines of Appalachia to the fantasy worlds created by some of our most fascinating writers of spectacular fiction. Listening to the important \"cultural workers+? of our time challenges any idea that some other time was the golden age of political art: \u003ci\u003eCreative Activism \u003c\/i\u003egives us a front-row seat to the thrilling artistic activism of our own moment.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eRachel Lee Rubin\u003c\/b\u003e is Professor of American Studies at the University of Massachusetts Boston, USA, where she directs the Center for the Study of Humanities, Culture, and Society. She has authored and edited numerous books on American popular culture including \u003ci\u003eWell Met: \u003c\/i\u003e\u003ci\u003eRenaissance Faires and the American Counterculture\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eAmerican Identities: An Introductory Textbook\u003c\/i\u003e\u003ci\u003e, \u003c\/i\u003e\u003ci\u003eAmerican Popular Music: New Approaches to the Twentieth Century\u003c\/i\u003e, and an upcoming title for Bloomsbury's 33 1\/3 series, \u003ci\u003eOkie from Muskogee\u003c\/i\u003e. She is a regular commentator on public radio and frequently quoted as a popular culture expert in the mainstream media.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 360\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.74 x 9 x 6 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e May 30, 2019\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47457666531581,"sku":"9781501352522","price":93.31,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/3414\/0157\/files\/YU1hemlRekpCbjZQeG1LaklEZU9HZz09.webp?v=1777242669","url":"https:\/\/booktolia.com\/products\/creative-activism-conversations-on-music-film-literature-and-other-radical-arts-paperback","provider":"booktolia","version":"1.0","type":"link"}