Arresting Images : Impolitic Art and Uncivil Actions

Name: Arresting Images
Brand: Taylor & Francis Ltd
SKU: 9780415908931
Price: 10200 KES
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ISBN: 9780415908931

by Steven C. Dubin

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Format Paperback / softback

ISBN-10 0415908930

ISBN-13 9780415908931

Publisher Taylor & Francis Ltd

Imprint Routledge

Country of Manufacture GB

Country of Publication GB

Publication Date Apr 28th, 1994

Print length 402 Pages

Weight 740 grams

Product Classification: Dance & other performing arts Dance Media studies Ethical issues: censorship / freedom of expression Media studies Ethical issues: censorship

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Dubin tackles the thorny issues of 'correct art', censored art and contentious art as he surveys rec ent controversies such as Mapplethorpe's depiction of children and Mayor Washington portrayed in underwear.

Although contemporary art may sometimes shock us, more alarming are recent attempts to regulate its display. Drawing upon extensive interviews, a broad sampling of media accounts, legal documents and his own observations of important events, sociologist Steven Dubin surveys the recent trend in censorship of the visual arts, photography and film, as well as artistic upstarts such as video and performance art. He examines the dual meaning of arresting images--both the nature of art work which disarms its viewers and the social reaction to it. Arresting Images examines the battles which erupt when artists address such controversial issues as racial polarization, AIDS, gay-bashing and sexual inequality in their work.

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