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See You in the Streets: Art, Action, and Remembering the Triangle Shirtwaist Factory Fire
Ruth Sergel
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Paperback. Num Pages: 194 pages, 15 black & white photographs, 8 colour plates. BIC Classification: 1KBBEY; 3JJC; HBJK; HBLW; JPW. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 20. Weight in Grams: 363.
In 1911, a fire at the Triangle Shirtwaist Factory in New York City took the lives of 146 workers, most of them young immigrant women and girls. Their deaths galvanized a movement for social and economic justice then, but today’s laborers continue to battle dire working conditions. How can we bring the lessons of the Triangle fire back into practice today? For artist Ruth Sergel, the answer was to fuse art, activism, and collective memory to create a large-scale public commemoration that invites broad participation and incites civic engagement. See You in the Streets showcases her work.
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In 1911, a fire at the Triangle Shirtwaist Factory in New York City took the lives of 146 workers, most of them young immigrant women and girls. Their deaths galvanized a movement for social and economic justice then, but today’s laborers continue to battle dire working conditions. How can we bring the lessons of the Triangle fire back into practice today? For artist Ruth Sergel, the answer was to fuse art, activism, and collective memory to create a large-scale public commemoration that invites broad participation and incites civic engagement. See You in the Streets showcases her work.
It all ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
University Of Iowa Press
Condition
New
Number of Pages
194
Place of Publication
Iowa, United States
ISBN
9781609384173
SKU
V9781609384173
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About Ruth Sergel
Ruth Sergel is an artist whose projects bridge art and technology, memory and public history to create compassionate works that invite active civic engagement. She lives in Berlin, Germany.
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