Aesthetics in a Multicultural Age

Inbunden, Engelska, 2002

AvEmory Elliott,Louis Freitas Caton,Jeffrey Rhyne

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The essays collected in this volume examine the multidisciplinary and multicultural nature of the subject of aesthetics. The contributed articles address the vexed relation of the arts and criticism to contemporary social, political, and cultural issues of ethnicity, race, class, and gender in the United States today. These essays aim to resolve some of the issues of the so-called "culture wars" by bridging the gap that has existed for two decades between scholars and critics who generally hold conflicting views of the purposes of art and criticism. Accordingly, this volume provides a serious assessment of aesthetic theory and practices within the arts and letters of our multicultural society.

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Utgivningsdatum2002-02-14
Mått164 x 238 x 26 mm
Vikt658 g
FormatInbunden
SpråkEngelska
Antal sidor320
FörlagOUP USA
ISBN9780195146325

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This collection is an important project, the topics addressed by the contributors timely and crucial. Can humanities professors maintain aesthetic values without slipping into elitism? Can they execute political critique without turning ham-fisted and illiberal? Aesthetics in a Multicultural Age is an important step in establishing a middle way, drawing the humanities out of the old Culture Wars contraries and into a more productive, less fractious mode of teaching and research.