Jessica Lopez Lyman

Place-Keepers

Latina/X Art, Performance, and Organizing in the Twin Cities

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

"Place-Keepers examines how Latina/x artists in the Twin Cities navigate and challenge the region's deep-seated racial injustices. Establishing a crucial framework for understanding art as activism, Jessica Lopez Lyman demonstrates how the creative practices of these cultural organizers address urgent social struggles as they harness aesthetics as a tool for movement-building"-- Provided by publisher.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: University of Minnesota Press
• Seitenzahl: 248
• Erscheinungstermin: 11. November 2025
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 213mm x 140mm x 20mm
• Gewicht: 372g
• ISBN-13: 9781517920036
• ISBN-10: 1517920035
• Artikelnr.: 74009242

Autorenporträt

Jessica Lopez Lyman is assistant professor in the Department of Chicano and Latino Studies at the University of Minnesota.

Inhaltsangabe

Contents
Tracing Movidas, or How to Read This Book
A Note on Terminology
Introduction. Movidas in the Whiteout: Latina/x Art and Organizing in
Minnesota
Teresa Ortiz, Lupe Castillo (La Lupe), Deborah Ramos, Adriana Rimpel (Lady
Midnight)
1. Navigating the Creative City: Music, Murals, and Gardens
María Isa Pérez-Vega, Lorena Duarte, Olivia Levins Holden, Magdalena
Kaluza, Deborah Ramos
2. Improvising the Gallery: Mira Gallery and Electric Machete Studios
Rebekah Crisanta de Ybarra and Maria Cristina Tavera
3. Rituals Across the Diaspora: Healing Through Performance
Adriana Rimpel (Lady Midnight)
4. Interdependent Solidarities: Connecting Through Climate Justice
María Isa Pérez-Vega
Coda: Place-Keeping for the Future
Teresa Ortiz, Lupe Castillo (La Lupe), María Isa Pérez-Vega
Acknowledgments
Notes
Bibliography
Index