Democracy & the arts / edited by Arthur M. Melzer, Jerry Weinberger, M. Richard Zinman.
Democracy & the arts / edited by Arthur M. Melzer, Jerry Weinberger, M. Richard Zinman.
Democracy & the arts / edited by Arthur M. Melzer, Jerry Weinberger, M. Richard Zinman.
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Ithaca : Cornell University Press, c1999.
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N700.103/24
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English
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Physical content
viii, 220 p. ; 24 cm.
Contents
Introduction / Arthur M. Melzer, Jerry Weinberger and M. Richard Zinman -- Democracy and Culture / Robert Brustein -- Movies: The Democratic Art? / John Simon -- Modern Democracy and the Novel / A. B. Yehoshua -- Museums and the Thirsting Millions / Arthur C. Danto -- Architecture and Democracy, Dem...
Introduction / Arthur M. Melzer, Jerry Weinberger and M. Richard Zinman -- Democracy and Culture / Robert Brustein -- Movies: The Democratic Art? / John Simon -- Modern Democracy and the Novel / A. B. Yehoshua -- Museums and the Thirsting Millions / Arthur C. Danto --Architecture and Democracy, Demo...
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Publisher
Ithaca : Cornell University Press, c1999.
Place of Publication
New York (State)
Date Published
c1999.
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Summary
In this book, some of our most prominent cultural critics explore the relationships between culture and politics as played out in the world of novels, television, museums, and even fashion. The authors - John Simon, Greil Marcus, Arthur C. Danto, and other well-known commentators from across the political spectrum - examine the arts in their relati...
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Democracy & the arts / edited by Arthur M. Melzer, Jerry Weinberger, M. Richard Zinman.
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Essays collected here were delivered as papers at a conference sponsored by the body Symposium on Science, Reason, and Modern Democracy, held in April 1995 at Michigan State University.
Includes bibliographical references (p. [193]-206) and index.
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c1999.
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N700.103/24
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74VvWA0MED4Z
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https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/74VvWA0MED4Z
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ISBN
0801435412 (cloth : alk. paper)
9780801435416 (cloth : alk. paper)
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700.103
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991012044969702626
