Protest & Propaganda //

If you're interested in this you may also want to see the subject guide Censorship and Controversy in the Arts.

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Reference Materials

The Encyclopedia of Propaganda.
Robert Cole. Armonk, NY: Sharpe Reference, 1998
REF HM263 .E53 1998

Circulating Books

Art and Propaganda in the Twentieth Century: the Political Image in the Age of Mass Culture.
Toby Clark. New York: Harry N. Abrams, 1997.
Greenfield Open Stacks NX650.P6 C63 1997
Cultural Activism: Practices, Dilemmas, and Possibilities.
Begüm Özden Firat and Aylin Kuryel. New York, NY, USA: Editions Rodopi, 2011.
E-Book
Graphic Agitation 2: Social and Political Graphics in the Digital Age.
Liz McQuiston. New York: Phaidon, 2004.
Greenfield Open Stacks NC997 .M37 2004
Graphic Agitation: Social and Political Graphics Since the Sixties.
Liz McQuiston. London: Phaidon, 1993.
Greenfield Open Stacks NC997 .M37 1993
Beyond Recognition: Representation, Power, and Culture.
Craig Owens. Berkeley: University of California Press, 1992.
Greenfield Open Stacks NX165 .O94 1992
The Critical Vision: A History of Social and Political Art in the U.S.
Blum Paul Von. Boston, MA: South End, 1982.
Greenfield Open Stacks N6505 .V66 1982

Periodicals

The Journal of Decorative and Propaganda Arts. The Wolfsonian Collection. Miami Beach, FL: Wolfsonian - Florida International University, 2002. INDEXED IN JSTOR

Videos

Dowling, Susan, and Susan Sollins. "Protest." Art:21: Art in the Twenty-First Century. Art21, Inc.; distributed by PBS Home Video, 2007. GD553

Try a search in OneSearch for the keyword protest or propaganda, then limit your results to video. This will search the UArts Libraries streaming video databases as well as the catalog.

Subject Headings

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EBSCOhost has a lot of full-text, scholarly and popular articles covering a wide range of subjects.


ProQuest: The Arts is focused on visual and performing arts, and has many full-text, scholarly and popular articles.


JSTOR is all full-text, scholarly articles.


Nexis Uni is mostly newspaper articles. It is full-text and updated daily.



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Style Manuals

Style Manuals: Citing Your Sources

When you find information on a topic, no matter what format it takes (book, journal, Web page), there are style manuals to show you the correct way to give cite those sources in a paper.

Websites

Websites

http://culturalpolitics.net/index/social_movements

Many many links! CulturalPolitics.net is a not-for-profit matrix of sites written and managed by T.V. Reed. Reed is the Buchanan Distiguished Professor of American Studies and English at Washington State University, and currently Visiting Professor of English and American Studies at York University, Toronto.

If you are using the Internet for research you want to choose sites that meet the standards of accuracy, currency and authority.

Currency: The timeliness of the information.

  • When was the information published or posted?
  • Has the information been revised or updated?
  • Is the information current or too out-of-date for my topic?
  • Are all the links functional or are there dead links?

Relevance: The importance of the information for your needs.

  • Does the information relate to my topic or answer my question?
  • Who is the intended audience?
  • Is the information at an appropriate level (i.e. not too simple or advanced) for my needs?
  • Did I look at a variety of sources before deciding to use this one?
  • Would I be comfortable using this source for my college research paper?

Authority: The source of the information.

  • Who is the author/publisher/source/sponsor?
  • Are the author's credentials or organizational affiliations given?
  • What are the author's credentials or organizational affiliations?
  • What are the author's qualifications to write on the topic?
  • Is there contact information, such as a publisher or e-mail address?
  • Does the URL reveal anything about the author or source? Examples: .com .edu .gov .org .net

Accuracy: The reliability, truthfulness, and correctness of the information.

  • Where does the information come from?
  • Is the information supported by evidence?
  • Has the information been reviewed by anyone else?
  • Can I verify any of the information in another source or from personal knowledge?
  • Does the language or tone seem biased? Or is it free of emotion?
  • Are there spelling, grammar, typographical, or other errors?

Purpose: The reason the information exists.

  • What is the purpose of the information? to inform? teach? sell? entertain? persuade?
  • Do the authors/sponsors make their intentions or purpose clear?
  • Is the information fact? opinion? propaganda?
  • Does the point of view appear objective and impartial?
  • Are there political, ideological, cultural, religious, institutional, or personal biases?

Adapted from: http://www.csuchico.edu/lins/handouts/eval_websites.pdf
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