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Item Details
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IS ART GOOD FOR US?
BELIEFS ABOUT HIGH CULTURE IN AMERICAN LIFE |
| By: |
Joli Jensen |
| Format: |
Hardback |
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£95.00 |
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| ISBN 10: |
0742517403 |
| ISBN 13: |
9780742517400 |
| Publisher: |
ROWMAN & LITTLEFIELD |
| Pub. date: |
1 April, 2002 |
| Pages: |
224 |
| Description: |
Are the arts good for us? This work questions our taken-for-granted assumptions about the transformational powers of high culture by critiquing an instrumental American heritage of beliefs about the arts. |
| Synopsis: |
Are the arts good for us? This book questions our taken-for-granted assumptions about the transformational powers of high culture by critiquing an instrumental American heritage of beliefs about the arts. Jensen argues that faith in high culture's unproven ability to transform people and society allows social critics to keep faith with the idea of a democratic society while deploring popular culture. Instead of expecting the arts to improve things (and blaming the media for ruining them) we need to recognize that it is up to us, not 'the arts' to make the world a better place. |
| Illustrations: |
bibliography, index |
| Publication: |
US |
| Imprint: |
Rowman & Littlefield Publishers |
| Returns: |
Returnable |
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