| Bringing Aztlan to Mexican Chicago: My Life, My Work, My Art Contributor(s): Gonzalez, Jose Gamaliel (Author), Zimmerman, Marc (Editor) |
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ISBN: 0252077350 ISBN-13: 9780252077357 Publisher: University of Illinois Press OUR PRICE: $31.68 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: June 2010 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Biography & Autobiography | Artists, Architects, Photographers - Social Science | Ethnic Studies - Hispanic American Studies - Art | American - Hispanic American |
| Dewey: B |
| LCCN: 2009039067 |
| Series: Latinos in Chicago and Midwest |
| Physical Information: 0.5" H x 8.4" W x 10.8" (1.45 lbs) 216 pages |
| Themes: - Ethnic Orientation - Hispanic |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: Bringing Aztl n to Mexican Chicago is the autobiography of J se Gamaliel Gonz lez, an impassioned artist willing to risk all for the empowerment of his marginalized and oppressed community. Through recollections emerging in a series of interviews conducted over a period of six years by his friend Marc Zimmerman, Gonz lez looks back on his life and his role in developing Mexican, Chicano, and Latino art as a fundamental dimension of the city he came to call home. Born near Monterey, Mexico, and raised in a steel mill town in northwest Indiana, Gonz lez studied art at the School of the Art Institute of Chicago and the University of Notre Dame. Settling in Chicago, he founded two major art groups: El Movimiento Art stico Chicano (MARCH) in the 1970s and Mi Raza Arts Consortium (MIRA) in the 1980s. With numerous illustrations, this book portrays Gonz lez's all-but-forgotten community advocacy, his commitments and conflicts, and his long struggle to bring quality arts programming to the city. By turns dramatic and humorous, his narrative also covers his bouts of illness, his relationships with other artists and arts promoters, and his place within city and barrio politics. |