A study of the artistic and literary responses to the labour crises of the Golden State. Focusing on the work of John Steinbeck, Carey McWilliams, Paul Taylor, and Dorothea Lange, Loftis examines their personal involvement and both their lasting and immediate impact.
A study of the artistic and literary responses to the labour crises of the Golden State. Focusing on the work of John Steinbeck, Carey McWilliams, Pau...
In this groundbreaking interdisciplinary study, Loftis examines the artists who put a human face on the farmworkers plight in California during the Great Depression, focusing on writer John Steinbeck, photographer Dorothea Lange, sociologist and author Paul Taylor, and journalist Carey McWilliams. Loftis probes the interplay between journalism and art in the 1930s, when both academics and artists felt an urgent need to be relevant in the face of enormous misery. The power of their work grew out of their personal involvement in both the labor struggles and the hardships endured by workers and...
In this groundbreaking interdisciplinary study, Loftis examines the artists who put a human face on the farmworkers plight in California during the Gr...
