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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Observed surface forms (6)

Surface form	Occurrences
Social Realism	4
social realism	4
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 (20)

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John Langley Howard → artisticStyle → Social realism ⓘ

this entity surface form: Social Realism

Victorian era → hasCulturalMovement → Social realism ⓘ

this entity surface form: Social realism in literature

New Hollywood → influencedBy → Social realism ⓘ

this entity surface form: Italian Neorealism

In the World → literaryMovement → Social realism ⓘ

this entity surface form: social realism

Arthur Miller → movement → Social realism ⓘ

this entity surface form: social realism

Ben Shahn → movement → Social realism ⓘ

Bernard Zakheim → movement → Social realism ⓘ

Dorothea Lange → movement → Social realism ⓘ

this entity surface form: social realism

Edward Hopper → movement → Social realism ⓘ

Horace Pippin → movement → Social realism ⓘ

Industrial Landscape → movement → Social realism ⓘ

John Langley Howard → movement → Social realism ⓘ

this entity surface form: Social Realism

John Steinbeck → movement → Social realism ⓘ

this entity surface form: social realism

Liang Xiaosheng → movement → Social realism ⓘ

this entity surface form: Chinese realism

Naguib Mahfouz → movement → Social realism ⓘ

this entity surface form: Egyptian literary realism

Nighthawks → movement → Social realism ⓘ

Ralph Stackpole → movement → Social realism ⓘ

this entity surface form: Social Realism

Victor Arnautoff → movement → Social realism ⓘ

American Regionalism → relatedMovement → Social realism ⓘ

this entity surface form: Social Realism

Realism → relatedMovement → Social realism ⓘ