{"product_id":"we-make-each-other-beautiful-art-activism-and-the-law-paperback","title":"We Make Each Other Beautiful: Art, Activism, and the Law - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eYxta Maya Murray\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\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\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eYxta Maya Murray is David P. Leonard Professor of Law at Loyola Law School, Loyola Marymount University. She is the author of eight novels, including\u003ci\u003e Art Is Everything\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eGod Went Like That\u003c\/i\u003e. Her art criticism and journalism have appeared in \u003ci\u003eArtforum\u003c\/i\u003e and the \u003ci\u003eLos Angeles Review of Books\u003c\/i\u003e, among other publications.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 246\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.52 x 9 x 6 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e June 15, 2024\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47368516370610,"sku":"9781501775598","price":52.11,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0770\/3891\/1666\/files\/4e0c2b07f498c7c049acae2f41ba215a_a71648b3-bcc8-46fe-a851-0f6c04dde7a6.webp?v=1777580447","url":"https:\/\/box.dadyminds.org\/products\/we-make-each-other-beautiful-art-activism-and-the-law-paperback","provider":"DADYMINDS BOX","version":"1.0","type":"link"}