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Surpassing the spectacle : global transformations and the changing politics of art / Carol Becker.
Fine Arts Library N72.S6 B3827 2002
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Becker, Carol.
- Series:
- Culture and politics series
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Art and society--United States--History--20th century.
- Art and society.
- United States.
- History.
- United States--Social life and customs--20th century.
- Manners and customs.
- Physical Description:
- xii, 161 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm.
- Place of Publication:
- Lanham, Md. : Rowman & Littlefield, [2002]
- Summary:
- Leading social critic Carol Becker offers a timely analysis of the nature of art and its role in politics and society. Completed just before the September 11, 2001 World Trade Center catastrophe, this book is remarkably prescient of the new concerns that have now become foremost in our thoughts since the attack. Becker raises the question of the place of art and the function of public intellectuals in a society desperately in need of creativity and leadership. Visit our website for sample chapters!
- Contents:
- 1 The Artist as Public Intellectual 11
- 2 The Nature of the Investigation: Art-Making in a Post-Postmodern Era 21
- 3 The Art of Testimony 35
- 4 Brooklyn Museum: Messing with the Sacred 43
- 5 Betrayal 59
- 6 Trial by Fire: A Saga of Gender and Leadership 65
- 7 Reconciling Truth in South Africa 77
- 8 Memory and Monstrosity 87
- 9 The Second Johannesburg Biennale 101
- 10 The Romance of Nomadism 117
- 11 Art and Ecology 127
- 12 GFP Bunny and the Plight of the Posthuman 137
- 13 Surpassing the Spectacle 143.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- ISBN:
- 0742509192
- 0742509206
- OCLC:
- 47696706
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