Riots and rent strikes : documentary during the Great Society era

Author

Kester, Grant

Document type

Article (journal)

Language

English

Source

Exposure. 1989, Num. 2, Vol. 27, 21-37, 14 ill.

ISSN

0098-8863

Abstract (en)

Examines the use of documentary photography in two projects initiated during Lyndon Johnson's Great Society era: the 1968 report of the Kerner Commission (Report of the National Advisory Commission on Civil Disorders) and the video documentaries produced by Boston's Urban Planning Aid, 1968-1980. Both depict conditions in black inner city ghettos, but from different points of view: the state-sponsored Kerner report contains photographs which objectify inner city blacks, while the UPA documentaries shift the balance of representational power in favor of the urban working class.

Subject (en)

• General history of art -- 1945-present -- Pictorial arts -- Photography -- United States
• Documentary photography
• United States
• 1900-2000
• Johnson, Lyndon Baines, 1908-1973
• Documentary video
• Politics
• Power
• African Americans
• Iconography
• Ghettos
• Strikes
• Riots
• Society
• Urban Planning Aid||Boston (MA, USA)
• Reports
• National Advisory Commission on Civil Disorders||United States

Subject (fr)

• Histoire générale de l'art -- 1945-présent -- Peinture et arts graphiques -- Photographie -- États-Unis
• Photographie documentaire
• Etats-Unis
• 1900-2000
• Johnson, Lyndon Baines, 1908-1973
• Vidéo documentaire
• Politique
• Pouvoir
• Afro-Américains
• Iconographie
• Ghetto
• Grève (mouvement social)
• Emeute
• Société
• Urban Planning Aid||Boston (MA, USA)
• Rapport
• National Advisory Commission on Civil Disorders||United States

Origin

DatabaseBHA (Inist-CNRS/GRI)

Identifier19920701-00425962

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