The artist, society, and social responsibility Becker, Carol. text bibliography nyu New York Routledge 1994 monographic eng

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xx, 258 p. : ill. ; 24 cm. Introduction: Presenting the Problem / Carol Becker -- Pt. 1. Personal Responsibility and Political Contingencies. 1. The Prehistory of Art: Cultural Practices and Athenian Democracy / Page duBois. 2. A Plea for Irresponsibility / Ewa Kuryluk. 3. Dead Doll Prophecy / Kathy Acker. 4. The Heuristic Power of Art / Elizam Escobar. 5. Place, Position, Power, Politics / Martha Rosler. 6. The Velvet Revolution and Iron Necessity / Eva Hauser. 7. El Diario de Miranda/Miranda's Diary / Coco Fusco -- Pt. 2. Decolonizing the Imagination. 8. Herbert Marcuse and the Subversive Potential of Art / Carol Becker. 9. East and West - The Twain Do Meet: A Tale of More than Two Worlds / Felipe Ehrenberg. 10. Defining South African Literature for a New Nation / Njabulo S. Ndebele. 11. The Politics of Black Masculinity and the Ghetto in Black Film / Michael Eric Dyson. 12. Adjusting to the World According to Salman Rushdie / Ahmad Sadri -- Pt. 3. Theorizing the Future. 13. Benetton's "World Without Borders": Buying Social Change / Henry A. Giroux. 14. The Free Art Agreement/El Tratado de Libre Cultura / Guillermo Gomez-Pena. 15. Dissed and Disconnected: Notes on Present Ills and Future Dreams / B. Ruby Rich. Carol Becker, editor. Includes bibliographical references and index. Artists and community Artists Psychology NX180.A77 S83 1994 700.103 B395.s 0415905915 0415905923 (pbk.) 93036230 DLC 930820 20220326193244.0 1433375