Zones of contention essays on art, institutions, gender, and anxiety

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...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Autor principal: Becker, Carol (-)
Formato: Libro electrónico
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Albany : State University of New York Press 1996.
Colección:EBSCO Academic eBook Collection Complete.
SUNY series, interruptions : border testimony(ies) and critical discourse/s/s.
Acceso en línea:Conectar con la versión electrónica
Ver en Universidad de Navarra:https://innopac.unav.es/record=b32163563*spi
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • 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.