Publicado por Yale University Press September 2023, 2023
ISBN 10: 0300267568 ISBN 13: 9780300267563
Librería: Second Chances Used Books, Sebastopol, CA, Estados Unidos de America
Hardcover. Condición: Very Good. Minor edge wear. A bright, clean copy.
Publicado por Yale University Press September 2023, 2023
ISBN 10: 0300274238 ISBN 13: 9780300274233
Librería: Hennessey + Ingalls, Los Angeles, CA, Estados Unidos de America
Trade Paperback. Condición: New. A concise and lively history of California, the most multicultural state in the nation 'A masterful history.'--Kirkus Reviews (starred review) 'Faragher takes the reader on a captivating journey through myriad twists and turns of California's multicultural history, enlivened by stories of people who rarely penetrate our traditional state chronicles.'--Carlos E. Cortà s, University of California, Riverside California is the most multicultural state in America. As John Mack Faragher explains in this new history, California's natural variety has always supported such diversity, including Native peoples speaking dozens of distinct languages, Spanish and Mexican colonists, gold seekers from all corners of the globe, and successive migrant waves from the eastern United States and from Europe, Latin America, Asia, and the Pacific Islands. Faragher tells the stories of a colorful cast of characters--some famous, others mostly unknown--including African American Archy Lee, who sued for his freedom; Sinkyone Indian woman Sally Bell, who survived genocide; and Jewish schoolgirl Marilyn Greene, who spoke up for her Japanese friends after the attack on Pearl Harbor. California's diversity has often led to conflict, turmoil, and violence but also to invention, improvisation, and a struggle to achieve multicultural democracy. A concise and lively history of California, the most multicultural state in the nation.
Publicado por Yale University Press September 2023, 2023
ISBN 10: 030027372X ISBN 13: 9780300273724
Librería: Eighth Day Books, LLC, Wichita, KS, Estados Unidos de America
Hardcover. Condición: New.
Publicado por Yale University Press September 2023, 2023
ISBN 10: 0300267568 ISBN 13: 9780300267563
Librería: Eighth Day Books, LLC, Wichita, KS, Estados Unidos de America
Hardcover. Condición: New.
Publicado por Yale University Press September 2023, 2023
ISBN 10: 0300259808 ISBN 13: 9780300259803
Librería: Eighth Day Books, LLC, Wichita, KS, Estados Unidos de America
Hardcover. Condición: New.
Publicado por Yale University Press September 2023, 2023
ISBN 10: 0300273185 ISBN 13: 9780300273182
Librería: Hennessey + Ingalls, Los Angeles, CA, Estados Unidos de America
Hardcover. Condición: New. This fresh look at artist Takashi Murakami takes on the 'monstrous' themes of rampant consumerism, human fallibility, and the perils of life in the digital fast lane, in works from the past decade One of Japan's leading contemporary artists, Takashi Murakami (b. 1962) is known for a wide-ranging practice that encompasses not only fine art but fashion, consumer products, curation, and entertainment. Founder of the Superflat movement, Murakami makes art that is larger than life, boldly colored, and buoyant, with a Pop sensibility that draws inspiration from anime and manga. But beyond the happy flowers and kawaii characters that have defined Murakami's career lurk darker manifestations: the sharp-toothed, multi-eyed monsters that have increasingly become the artist's vehicle for expressing the effects of rampant consumerism, human fallibility, and the perils of life in the digital fast lane. This book explores these themes in works from the last decade, presenting a disquieting vision of monsterized beings born in an era of unprecedented environmental, political, and social turmoil. Conversations with Murakami and essays by Laura W. Allen, Hiroko Ikegami, and Masako Shiba deconstruct what monsters mean to the artist and reflect on new directions in Murakami's sculpture and the genesis of his recent NFT projects. The book features lavish color illustrations, a plastic jacket, dyed edges, and four gatefolds. Published in association with the Asian Art Museum of San Francisco Exhibition Schedule: Asian Art Museum of San Francisco (September 15, 2023-February 12, 2024) This fresh look at artist Takashi Murakami takes on the 'monstrous' themes of rampant consumerism, human fallibility, and the perils of life in the digital fast lane, in works from the past decade.