Zones of contention: essays on art, institutions, gender, and anxiety
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1. Verfasser: Becker, Carol (VerfasserIn)
Format: Elektronisch E-Book
Sprache:English
Veröffentlicht: Albany State University of New York Press ©1996
Schriftenreihe:SUNY series, interruptions--border testimony(ies) and critical discourse/s
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Beschreibung:Includes bibliographical references (pages 259-262) and index
Foreword / Henry A. Giroux -- 1. Art Thrust into the Public Sphere -- 2. When Cultures Come into Contention -- 3. Social Responsibility and the Place of the Artist in Society -- 4. Herbert Marcuse and the Subversive Potential of Art -- 5. The Education of Young Artists and the Issue of Audience -- 6. Private Fantasies Shape Public Events and Public Events Invade and Shape Our Dreams -- 7. Reimagining Art Schools -- 8. Imaginative Geography -- 9. Goat Island's We Got a Date -- 10. From Tantrums to Prayer -- 11. Drawing from the Subtle Body -- 12. Lineaments of Desire -- 13. The Prodigal Daughter -- 14. Women, Anxiety, Creativity -- 15. Male Anxiety and the Fear of Female Authority -- 16. Men in Suits -- 17. The Institution as Dysfunctional Family
This collection of essays by cultural critic Carol Becker plumbs particular areas of controversy to understand what information these "zones of contention" might yield about the multifarious culture wars taking place within American society today. In the process she addresses the place of art and artists in society, the difficulties facing women in the workplace, why male bonding exists, why women experience anxiety in relationship to creative endeavors, and why artists are misunderstood within American society. She positions art and artists, as well as institutional dynamics within a philosophical framework
Beschreibung:1 Online-Ressource (xx, 268 pages)
ISBN:0585042659
0791429377
0791429385
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