Zapantera Negra, 2nd Ed.

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    Editor(s): David Tomas, Marc James Léger

    Publisher: Common Notions

    Year: 2017

    Format: paperback

    Size: 240 pages

    ISBN: 9781942173557

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What is the role of revolutionary art in times of distress? When Emory Douglas, former Minister of Culture of the Black Panther Party, accepted an invitation from the art collective EDELO and the Rigo 23 to meet with autonomous and Indigenous and Zapatista communities in Chiapas, Mexico, they addressed just this question. Zapantera Negra is the result of their encounter. It unites the bold aesthetics, revolutionary dreams, and dignified declarations of two leading movements that redefine emancipatory politics in the twentieth and twenty-first century.

The artists of the Black Panthers and the Zapatistas were born into a centuries-long struggle against racial capitalism and colonialism, domestic repression and international war and plunder. Not only did these two movements offer the world an enduring image of freedom and dignified rebellion, they did so with signature style, putting culture and aesthetics at the forefront of political life. A powerful elixir of hope and determination, Zapantera Negra provides an electrifying presentation of interviews, militant artwork, and original documents from these two movements’ struggle for dignity and liberation.

Book Details

Editor: Marc James Léger
Editor: David Tomas
Format: paperback
ISBN: 9781942173052
Size: 240 pages
Publisher: Common Notions
Year: 2017

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