Art and the artist in society / edited by José Jiménez-Justiniano, Elsa Luciano Feal and Jane Elizabeth Alberdeston.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Jiménez-Justiniano, José.

Luciano Feal, Elsa.

Alberdeston, Jane Elizabeth.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Art and society.

Artists--Psychology.

Artists.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (320 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Newcastle, Neb. : Cambridge Scholars Pub., c2013.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Art and Artist in Society is a compilation of essays that examine the nexus between artists, the art they create and society. These essays consider how art has changed its form and role both to accommodate newer trends and to fully participate in society. Divided into six thematic sections, the book examines the works of a diverse group of artists working in a range of art forms, such as writers Milan Kundera and Judith Ortiz Cofer, filmmakers Humberto Solás and Walter Salles, performers/photographer Daniel Joseph Martínez and feminist-activists Suzanne Lacy and Leslie Labowitz. The analyses o

Contents:

FEMINIST ART ACTIVISM IN PUBLIC SPACES STREET ART FOR STREET "CRED"; CHAPTER FIVE; DEREK WALCOTT'S OMEROS; "UN INCANSABLE AMOR POR LA RUTA"; CHAPTER SIX; ART AS EXILE, EXILE AS ART; THE GREAT RETURN; "TOWARD A HIGHER GROUND"; SPANISH IS A LANGUAGE TÚ; CONTRIBUTORS; INDEX

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references at the end of each chapters and index.

Description based on online resource; title from title page (ebrary, viewed August 16, 2013).

ISBN:

1-4438-5006-3

OCLC:

855505122