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Addresses the questions: What might be the role of the artist in the 21st century? How essential is art to the psychic and political well-being of American society?

This collection of essays by cultural critic Carol Becker plumbs particular areas of controversy to understand what information these zones of contention might yield about the multifarious culture wars taking place within American society today.

In the process she addresses the place of art and artists in society, the difficulties facing women in the workplace, why male bonding exists, why women experience anxiety in relationship to creative endeavors, and why artists are misunderstood within American society. She positions art and artists, as well as institutional dynamics within a philosophical framework.

Zones of Contention Essays on Art Institutions

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      Publisher: State University Press of New York (SUNY)
      Publication Date: 7/3/1996 12:00:00 AM
      ISBN13: 9780791429389, 978-0791429389
      ISBN10: 0791429385

      Description

      Book Synopsis

      Addresses the questions: What might be the role of the artist in the 21st century? How essential is art to the psychic and political well-being of American society?

      This collection of essays by cultural critic Carol Becker plumbs particular areas of controversy to understand what information these zones of contention might yield about the multifarious culture wars taking place within American society today.

      In the process she addresses the place of art and artists in society, the difficulties facing women in the workplace, why male bonding exists, why women experience anxiety in relationship to creative endeavors, and why artists are misunderstood within American society. She positions art and artists, as well as institutional dynamics within a philosophical framework.

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