The Great Wall of Los Angeles
Bridging Divides and Mitigating Cultural Erasure
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 12810050 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Andrea Lepage (0000-0002-6226-0612, Washington and Lee University, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2017 |
| Volume | 61 |
| Issue | 3 |
| Pages | 361-384 |
| Publication date | 2017-08-31 |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | The Latin Americanist (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 1557-2021 • E-ISSN: 1557-203X |
| Publisher | Wiley (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1111/tla.12131 |
| OpenAlex | W2752338077 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 1 |
| References cited | 10 |
In 1976 prominent Chicana muralist Judith F. Baca began directing the creation of The Great Wall of Los Angeles, a half-mile-long mural in California. Baca, dozens of artists, and hundreds of youths aged 13–21 worked to recover and present a series of multi-ethnic narratives that had been omitted from mainstream histories available at the time. This article illuminates the ways that the Great Wall of Los Angeles's counter-hegemonic narrative comes into conflict with the grand narratives of its time by making visible the webs of oppression that were developed throughout the nation's history and which impacted a variety of ethnic groups. This article explores Baca's identity as a facilitator capable of crossing boundaries and bridging different ethnic, social, and economic groups. I argue that Baca's identity as a “bridge person” allowed her the knowledge to package radical mural content in ways consistent with mainstream goals for educational reform
Bridging (networking · Computer security · Erasure · Political science · Computer Science · Cross-Border Cooperation and Integration · History · Urban Planning and Governance · Urbanization and City Planning
| Citations per year | 1 |
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| Citation span | 2025 - 2025 (1) |
| Highly cited | No |