12. Visual Culture (Creativity, Art and Beauty)
Chapter Learning Objectives
- Describe the value of creativity, art, and beauty to families in the US.
- Explain how art as representation shapes the history of the US and current experiences.
- Analyze the unique challenges and gifts of protest and public art.
- Examine the role of dominant culture in defining “art.”
- Explain how socially constructed ideas about beauty affect American families.
- Describe how visual culture affects family outcomes.
- Analyze the effects of intersectionality on potential creators, artists, and art-lovers.
- Describe the multi-directional relationship between social structures and the ways that individuals experience and access creativity, art, and beauty.
- Analyze visual culture from an equity perspective.
- Apply theoretical concepts related to creativity, art, and beauty to one’s own observations and experiences.
