TY - BOOK AU - Mesch,Claudia TI - Art and politics: a small history of art for social change since 1945 SN - 9781848851108 AV - N72.P6 M47 2013 U1 - 709.04 20 PY - 2013/// CY - London PB - I.B. Tauris KW - Art and society KW - History N1 - State-sponsored art during the Cold War -- Post-colonial identity and the Civil-Rights movement -- The anti-war and peace movements -- Feminisms -- Gay identity/queer art -- Environmental art -- Anti-globalization -- Epilogue N2 - Contemporary art is increasingly concerned with swaying the opinions of its viewer. To do so, the art employs various strategies to convey a political message. This book provides readers with the tools to decode and appreciate political art, a crucial and understudied direction in post-war art UR - http://repository.fue.edu.eg/xmlui/handle/123456789/4388 ER -