{"product_id":"zapantera-negra-an-artistic-encounter-between-black-panthers-and-zapatistas-new-updated-edition-9781942173557","title":"Zapantera Negra: An Artistic Encounter Between Black Panthers and Zapatistas (New \u0026 Updated Edition)","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eA powerful elixir of hope and determination, \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cem\u003eZapantera Negra\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e provides a galvanizing presentation of interviews, militant artwork, and original documents from two movements' struggle for dignity and liberation.\u003c\/strong\u003e When Emory Douglas, former Minister of Culture of the Black Panther Party, accepted an invitation from the art collective EDELO and Rigo 23 to meet with autonomous Indigenous and Zapatista communities in Chiapas, Mexico, they explored the role of revolutionary art in times of distress. \u003cem\u003eZapantera Negra\u003c\/em\u003e is the result of their encounter. It unites the bold aesthetics, revolutionary dreams, and dignified declarations of two leading movements that redefine emancipatory politics in the twentieth and twenty-first century. \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe artists of the Black Panthers and the Zapatistas were born into a centuries-long struggle against racial capitalism and colonialism, state repression and international war and plunder. Not only did these two movements offer the world an enduring image of freedom and dignified rebellion, they did so with rebellious style, putting culture and aesthetics at the forefront of political life.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eEmory Douglas \u003c\/strong\u003eis former Revolutionary Artist and Minister of Culture for the Black Panther Party, from February 1967 until its discontinuation in the early 1980s. Douglas' art and design concepts were always seen on the front and back pages of \u003cem\u003eThe Black Panther\u003c\/em\u003e newspaper, reflecting the politics of the Black Panther Party and the concerns of the community. Joining forces with Black Panther cofounders Bobby Seale and Huey P. Newton, Douglas was foundational in shaping the Party's visual and cultural power and sustaining one of its most ambitious and successful endeavors.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eMarc James Léger\u003c\/strong\u003e is an independent scholar based in Montreal. His essays in art criticism and cultural theory have appeared in \u003cem\u003eAfterimage, Art Journal, C Magazine, Etc, FUSE, Inter, Parachute, Journal of Aesthetics and Protest, Journal of Canadian Studies, Canadian Journal of Film Studies, RACAR, Third Text\u003c\/em\u003e, and \u003cem\u003eCreative Industries Journal\u003c\/em\u003e. Léger has exhibited artwork in Canada, the US, and the UK.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eDavid Tomas \u003c\/strong\u003eis an artist, anthropologist, and writer. His production in the visual arts has its roots in a post-1970s critique of conceptual art's disciplinary infrastructure. He is the author of several books, including \u003cem\u003eEscape Velocity: Alternative Instruction Prototype for Playing the Knowledge Game\u003c\/em\u003e(2012) and \u003cem\u003eVertov, Snow, Farocki: Machine Vision and the Posthuman\u003c\/em\u003e(2013). Tomas is Professor in Visual Arts at the Université du Québec à Montréal.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Common Notions","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50628901634322,"sku":"9781942173557","price":15.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_76052e5d-9a4b-4ea8-99e4-653ac81de41d.jpg?v=1732712767","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/zapantera-negra-an-artistic-encounter-between-black-panthers-and-zapatistas-new-updated-edition-9781942173557","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}