{"product_id":"art-activism-and-oppositionality-9780822320951","title":"Art Activism and Oppositionality","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eBringing together essays on activist and community-based art from the pages of \"Afterimage\" - one of the most influential journals in the media and visual arts fields, this title demonstrates that activist art, far from being antithetical to the true meaning of the aesthetic, can be its most legitimate expression.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“This collection is a real testimonial to the intelligence of the editing of \u003ci\u003eAfterimage\u003c\/i\u003e, a journal that has showcased throughtful critics and commentators for years.”—\u003cb\u003ePatricia Aufderheide\u003c\/b\u003e, American University\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAcknowledgments vii\u003cbr\u003e Ongoing Negotiations: \u003ci\u003eAfterimage\u003c\/i\u003e and the Analysts of Activist Art \/ Grant H. Kester 1\u003cbr\u003e The Politics of Patronage \u003cbr\u003e Enlightened Self-Interest: The Avant-Garde in the '80s \/ Richard Bolton 23\u003cbr\u003e White Men Can't Program: The Contradictions of Multiculturalism \/ Darrell Moore 51\u003cbr\u003e Fantasies of Oppositionality \/ Coco Fusco 60\u003cbr\u003e The Mythology of Difference: Vulgar Identity Politics at the Whitney \/ Charles A. Wright Jr. 76\u003cbr\u003e Theses on Defunding \/ Martha Rosler 94\u003cbr\u003e Rhetorical Questions: The Alternative Arts Sector and the Imaginary Public \/ Grant H. Kester 103\u003cbr\u003e Whose Multiculturalism? PBS, the Public, and Privilege \/ Mable Haddock and Chiquita Mullins Lee 136\u003cbr\u003e Video Activism and Critical Pedagogy: Sexuality at the End of the Rainbow Curriculum \/ Brian Goldfarb 148\u003cbr\u003e Activism and Oppositionality \u003cbr\u003e Cultural Struggle and Educational Activism \/ David Trend 169\u003cbr\u003e Video, AIDS, and Activism \/ Ann Cvetkovich 182\u003cbr\u003e Early Newsreel: The Construction of a Political Imaginary for the Left \/ Michael Renov 199\u003cbr\u003e Interview with Adrian Piper \/ Maurice Berger 215\u003cbr\u003e Video and Electoral Appeal \/ Patricia Thomson 232\u003cbr\u003e Fetal Tissue: Reproductive Rights and Activist Video \/ Patricia R. Zimmerman 248\u003cbr\u003e Olympia's Maid: Reclaiming Black Female Subjectivity \/ Lorraine O'Grady 268\u003cbr\u003e Fault Lines: Homophobic Innovation in \u003ci\u003eGay Rights, Special Rights\u003c\/i\u003e \/ Ioannis Mookas 287\u003cbr\u003e Contributors 305\u003cbr\u003e Index 307","brand":"Duke University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49406020747607,"sku":"9780822320951","price":25.19,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/art-activism-and-oppositionality-9780822320951","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}