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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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    A Paperback / softback by Wendy Steiner

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