Arresting Images: Impolitic Art and Uncivil Actions

Type

Book

Authors

Steven C. Dubin

ISBN 10

0415908930

ISBN 13

9780415908931

Tags

Censorship, Political Science

Description

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. - from Amzon

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