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Author Grams, Diane, 1957-

Title Producing local color : art networks in ethnic Chicago / Diane Grams.

Publication Info. Chicago : University of Chicago Press, 2010.

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Description 1 online resource (xv, 281 pages, 20 unnumbered pages of plates) : illustrations (chiefly color)
Illinois language
Physical Medium polychrome
Description text file
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents Theory of local art production networks -- Local places -- Community-based art and the ideologies of local participation -- Aesthetic networks and cultural capital -- Autonomy networks and artistic control -- Problem-solving networks and social stability -- Gentrification networks and the whitewashing of culture -- Empowerment networks and the restoration of local culture -- Post-urban culture?
Summary In big cities, major museums and elite galleries tend to dominate our idea of the art world. But beyond the cultural core ruled by these moneyed institutions and their patrons are vibrant, local communities of artists and art lovers operating beneath the high-culture radar. Producing Local Color is a guided tour of three such alternative worlds that thrive in the Chicago neighborhoods of Bronzeville, Pilsen, and Rogers Park. These three neighborhoods are, respectively, historically African American, predominantly Mexican American, and proudly ethnically mixed. Drawing on her ethnographic resear.
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Subject Art and society -- Illinois -- Chicago.
Art and society.
Illinois -- Chicago.
Artists -- Social networks -- Illinois -- Chicago.
Artists.
Social networks.
Artists -- Illinois -- Chicago -- Social conditions.
Social conditions.
Ethnic art -- Illinois -- Chicago.
Ethnic art.
Marginality, Social -- Illinois -- Chicago.
Marginality, Social.
Sociology, Urban -- Illinois -- Chicago.
Sociology, Urban.
Social sciences -- Network analysis.
Social sciences -- Network analysis.
Pilsen (Chicago, Ill.) -- Social life and customs.
Bronzeville (Chicago, Ill.) -- Social life and customs.
Rogers Park (Chicago, Ill.) -- Social life and customs.
Genre/Form Electronic books.
Other Form: Print version: Grams, Diane, 1957- Producing local color. Chicago : University of Chicago Press, 2010 9780226305172 (DLC) 2010005957 (OCoLC)550550781
ISBN 9780226305233 (electronic book)
0226305236 (electronic book)
9780226305172
0226305171