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Art was their weapon : the history of the Perth workers' art guild / Dylan Hyde.

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Field name	Details
ISBN	9781925815740
Author	Hyde, Dylan (author.)
Title	Art was their weapon : the history of the Perth workers' art guild / Dylan Hyde.
Publisher and/or associated date/s	Fremantle, WA : Fremantle Press Inc., 2019.
Publisher and/or associated date/s	© 2019.
Description	365 pages : map ; 24cm.
Bibliography	Includes bibliographical references (pages 338-345) and index.
Summary	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.
Subjects	Workers' Art Guild (Perth, W.A.)
	Communist Party of Australia -- Influence
	Arts -- Western Australia
	Guilds -- Australia -- History
	Social movements -- Australia
	Labor unions and the arts -- Australia
	Arts -- Western Australia -- History
	Artists -- Western Australia
	Perth (W.A.) -- History
	Western Australia -- History
Call number	2020.381

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Barcode	Shelf Location	Collection	Volume Ref.	Status	Due Date
A00922707	2020.381	General Collection		. Available to Museum Staff .