{"product_id":"ruling-out-art-9780774837088","title":"Ruling Out Art","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn the 1980s, the Ontario Board of Censors began to subject media artists' work to the same cuts, bans, and warning labels as commercial film. \u003cem\u003eRuling Out Art\u003c\/em\u003e reveals what happens when art and law intersect, when artists, arts exhibitors, and their anti-censorship allies enter courts of law as appellants, defendants, or expert witnesses. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe administration of culture during Ontario's censor wars was not a simple top-down exercise. Members of arts communities mounted grassroots protests and engaged the province in court cases that ultimately influenced how the province interpreted freedom of expression, a fundamental and far-reaching legal right. The language of the law in turn shaped the way artists conceived of their own practices.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBy exploring how art practices and provincial legislation intertwined during Ontario's censor wars, this innovative book documents an important moment in the history of contemporary art and cultural activism in Canada, one that helpe\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIntroduction\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e1 Historicizing Censorship\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e2 Misunderstandings between Art and Law\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e3 Competing Anti-Censorships and Mixed Legal Outcomes\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e4 Defining Communities with Uncertainty\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e5 Media Artists Mobilize, Mobilizing Media Arts\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eConclusion\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAppendix: Censorship Jurisprudence and Landmark Legal Challenges\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eNotes; Bibliography; Index\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"University of British Columbia Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49404938289495,"sku":"9780774837088","price":62.9,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9780774837088.jpg?v=1730488122","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/ruling-out-art-9780774837088","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}