Participatory culture and democratic culture -- Art and engagement -- The tales of the tale of Akebono Village -- The social work of documentary and reportage art as movement -- Avant-garde realism -- Katsuragawa Hiroshi, Ikeda Tatsuo, and Nakamura Hiroshi -- Touching down at the Sobi seminar -- Sobi as organization and movement -- Sobi's philosophy and pedagogy -- Hani Susumu and the creativity of the camera -- The grand meeting of heroes -- Kyushu-ha : between three worlds -- Kyushu-ha's art -- A cruel story of anti-art -- Epilogue : hope in the past and the future.
Summary:
"A cultural history of the relationship between art and politics in Japan, 1945-1960. Highlights the transformational nature of the early postwar period against the relative stasis, consolidation, and homogenization of the 1960s. Provides insight into the present by focusing on a period similarly characterized by decentralization and de-professionalization of culture and expansion of conceptions of what art is and who should be doing it"-- Provided by publisher.
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