Art was their weapon : the history of the Perth workers' art guild / Dylan Hyde
- Bib ID:
- 8051106
- Format:
- Book
- Author:
- Hyde, Dylan, author
- Description:
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- Fremantle, WA : Fremantle Press Inc., 2019
- © 2019
- 365 pages : map ; 24cm
- ISBN:
- 9781925815740 (paperback)
- Summary:
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The Workers' Art Guild was a radical cultural and political force in Perth in the 1930s and 1940s, embracing new ideas in a provincial, isolated city. The Guild's innovative approaches to theatre and art were praised by critics, but its left-wing politics, influenced by the Communist Party of Australia, were denounced by many. Police and intelligence officers kept close tabs on the Guild, censoring its activities and intimidating and jailing its members in the lead-up to World War II. Through the lives of its key players, such as writer Katharine Susannah Prichard and theatre maverick Keith George, Art Was Their Weapon illuminates a fascinating era in Western Australian history.
- Notes:
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- Includes bibliographical references (pages 338-345) and index.
- NLApp84807
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- Copyright:
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- Literary Dramatic Musical
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- Published
- Publication date:
- 2019
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