Publisher's Synopsis
The Royal Chicano Air Force produced major works of visual art, poetry, prose, music, and performance during the second half of the 20th century and first decades of the 21st. Materialising in Sacramento, California, in 1969 and established between 1970 and 1972, the RCAF helped redefine the meaning of artistic production and artwork to include community engagement projects such as breakfast programs, community art classes, and political and labor activism. The collective's work has contributed significantly both to Chicano/a civil rights activism and to Chicano/a art history, literature, and culture. Blending RCAF members' biographies and accounts of their artistic production with art historical, cultural, and literary scholarship, this volume the first in-depth study of this vanguard Chicano/a arts collective and activist group.
