Social realism

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art movement cultural movement literary movement

Social realism is an artistic and literary movement that focuses on depicting everyday life and social conditions, often highlighting the struggles and injustices faced by working-class and marginalized people.

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All labels observed (11)

Label	Occurrences
Social Realism	19
Social realism canonical	17
social realism	7
American realism	3
American social realism	2
Australian realism	1
British theatre of social realism	1
Chinese realism	1
Egyptian literary realism	1
Italian Neorealism	1
Social realism in literature	1

Statements (56)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	art movement ⓘ cultural movement ⓘ literary movement ⓘ
aimsTo	criticize social injustice ⓘ promote social reform ⓘ raise social awareness ⓘ
contrastsWith	formalism ⓘ idealism ⓘ romanticism ⓘ
countryOfOrigin	Europe ⓘ United States of America ⓘ surface form: United States
developedIn	early 20th century ⓘ
emergedIn	late 19th century ⓘ
focusesOn	depiction of everyday life ⓘ marginalized groups ⓘ social conditions ⓘ social injustice ⓘ working-class life ⓘ
hasCharacteristic	anti-idealization ⓘ critique of capitalism ⓘ critique of class inequality ⓘ critique of exploitation ⓘ documentary-like detail ⓘ emphasis on ordinary people ⓘ political engagement ⓘ realistic representation ⓘ social critique ⓘ sympathy for the poor ⓘ
influenced	20th-century political art ⓘ cinematic realism ⓘ documentary photography ⓘ socially engaged literature ⓘ
influencedBy	Marxist theory ⓘ Naturalism ⓘ Realism ⓘ industrialization ⓘ labor movements ⓘ urbanization ⓘ
relatedTo	documentary realism ⓘ political art ⓘ proletarian literature ⓘ socially engaged art ⓘ
typicalSubject	factory workers ⓘ rural laborers ⓘ unemployed people ⓘ urban poor ⓘ
typicalTheme	class struggle ⓘ inequality ⓘ oppression ⓘ poverty ⓘ
usedMedium	film ⓘ literature ⓘ painting ⓘ photography ⓘ printmaking ⓘ theatre ⓘ

Referenced by (54)

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Realism → relatedMovement → Social realism ⓘ

Arthur Miller → movement → Social realism ⓘ

this entity surface form: social realism

Naguib Mahfouz → movement → Social realism ⓘ

this entity surface form: Egyptian literary realism

Nighthawks → movement → Social realism ⓘ

New Hollywood → influencedBy → Social realism ⓘ

this entity surface form: Italian Neorealism

Victorian era → hasCulturalMovement → Social realism ⓘ

this entity surface form: Social realism in literature

John Steinbeck → movement → Social realism ⓘ

this entity surface form: social realism

Victor Arnautoff → movement → Social realism ⓘ

Bernard Zakheim → movement → Social realism ⓘ

Edward Hopper → movement → Social realism ⓘ

American Regionalism → relatedMovement → Social realism ⓘ

this entity surface form: Social Realism

In the World → literaryMovement → Social realism ⓘ

this entity surface form: social realism

Ralph Stackpole → movement → Social realism ⓘ

this entity surface form: Social Realism

Horace Pippin → movement → Social realism ⓘ

Dorothea Lange → movement → Social realism ⓘ

this entity surface form: social realism

Ben Shahn → movement → Social realism ⓘ

John Langley Howard → movement → Social realism ⓘ

this entity surface form: Social Realism

John Langley Howard → artisticStyle → Social realism ⓘ

this entity surface form: Social Realism

Liang Xiaosheng → movement → Social realism ⓘ

this entity surface form: Chinese realism

Industrial Landscape → movement → Social realism ⓘ

Jacob Lawrence → movement → Social realism ⓘ

this entity surface form: Social Realism

Diego Rivera → movement → Social realism ⓘ

Sidney Hook → influencedBy → Social realism ⓘ

this entity surface form: American realism

British New Wave → influencedBy → Social realism ⓘ

this entity surface form: British theatre of social realism

Murals at South San Francisco Post Office → artMovement → Social realism ⓘ

this entity surface form: Social Realism

Ashcan School → influenced → Social realism ⓘ

this entity surface form: Social Realism

Rockwell Kent → movement → Social realism ⓘ

Gurdial Singh → genre → Social realism ⓘ

this entity surface form: social realism

Murals at George Washington High School, San Francisco → artMovement → Social realism ⓘ

this entity surface form: Social Realism

Murals at Palo Alto Medical Clinic → artisticMovement → Social realism ⓘ

this entity surface form: Social Realism

José Clemente Orozco → movement → Social realism ⓘ

Orozco murals → artisticStyle → Social realism ⓘ

this entity surface form: Social Realism

Charles White → movement → Social realism ⓘ

this entity surface form: Social Realism

James E. Allen → movement → Social realism ⓘ

Isabel Bishop → movement → Social realism ⓘ

this entity surface form: Social Realism

Reginald Marsh → movement → Social realism ⓘ

this entity surface form: Social Realism

Hopper → movement → Social realism ⓘ

subject surface form: Edward Hopper

this entity surface form: Social Realism

Early Sunday Morning → movement → Social realism ⓘ

this entity surface form: Social Realism

Morning Sun → movement → Social realism ⓘ

this entity surface form: Social Realism

New York Movie → movement → Social realism ⓘ

this entity surface form: American realism

Monkey Grip → literaryMovement → Social realism ⓘ

this entity surface form: Australian realism

Käthe Kollwitz → movement → Social realism ⓘ

Pacific Stock Exchange sculpture program → associatedWithMovement → Social realism ⓘ

this entity surface form: American social realism

Coit Tower interior murals (contributor) → movement → Social realism ⓘ

this entity surface form: Social Realism

David Alfaro Siqueiros → movement → Social realism ⓘ

Jorge Amado → movement → Social realism ⓘ

this entity surface form: social realism

Shahn → movement → Social realism ⓘ

subject surface form: Ben Shahn

Shahn → movement → Social realism ⓘ

subject surface form: Ben Shahn

this entity surface form: American social realism

Jersey Homesteads mural → movement → Social realism ⓘ

this entity surface form: Social Realism

The Meaning of Social Security (mural) → movement → Social realism ⓘ

subject surface form: The Meaning of Social Security

this entity surface form: Social Realism