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Record Nr.

UNINA9910807932103321

Autore

Tator Carol

Titolo

Challenging racism in the arts : case studies of controversy and conflict / / Carol Tator, Frances Henry, Winston Mattis

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Toronto, [Ontario] ; ; Buffalo, [New York] ; ; London, [England] : , : University of Toronto Press, , 1998

©1998

ISBN

1-282-04534-2

9786612045349

1-4426-7280-3

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (302 p.)

Disciplina

700.103

Soggetti

Racism and the arts - Ontario - Toronto

Arts, Canadian - Ontario - Toronto - 20th century

Case studies.

Electronic books.

Ontario Toronto

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Theoretical perspectives -- Into the heart of Africa -- The Barnes collection -- The writing thru race conference -- The black/dance music station -- Miss Saigon -- Show Boat -- Revisiting central themes and tensions -- Concluding reflections.

Sommario/riassunto

In this thoughtful and lucid analysis, framed by their contention that 'cultural production is one way in which society gives voice to racism,' Carol Tator, Frances Henry, and Winston Matthis examine how six controversial Canadian cultural events have given rise to a new 'radical' or 'critical' multiculturalism.Mainstream culture has increasingly become the locus for challenge by racial minorities. Beginning with the Royal Ontario Museum's Into the Heart of Africa exhibition, and following through with discussions of Show Boat, Miss Saigon, the exhibition of the Barnes Collection at the Art Gallery of Ontario, the 'Writing Thru Race' conference in Vancouver, and the ill-fated attempts to acquire a licence for a black/dance radio station in Toronto, the



authors examine manifestations of racism in Canada's cultural production over the last decade. A 'radical' multiculturalism, they argue, is difference as a politicized force, and arises whenever cultural imperialism is challenged.