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Surveys a wide range of cultural controversies, from the Mapplethorpe affair to Salman Rushdie's death sentence. This book seeks to show that the fear and outrage these events inspired were the result of dangerous misunderstandings about the relationship between art and life.

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    Publisher: The University of Chicago Press
    Publication Date: 24/11/1997
    ISBN13: 9780226772240, 978-0226772240
    ISBN10: 0226772241

    Description

    Book Synopsis
    Surveys a wide range of cultural controversies, from the Mapplethorpe affair to Salman Rushdie's death sentence. This book seeks to show that the fear and outrage these events inspired were the result of dangerous misunderstandings about the relationship between art and life.

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