Social Works: Performing Art, Supporting Publics

by Shannon Jackson

Book Overview

'a game-changer, a must-read for scholars, students and artists alike' - Tom Finkelpearl

At a time when art world critics and curators heavily debate the social, and when community organizers and civic activists are reconsidering the role of aesthetics in social reform, this book makes explicit some of the contradictions and competing stakes of contemporary experimental art-making.

Social Works is an interdisciplinary...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0415486017
• ISBN13: 9780415486019
• Release Date: February 2011
• Publisher: Routledge
• Length: 310 Pages
• Weight: 0.97 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 5.4" x 8.4"