The Aesthetics of Disengagement: Contemporary Art and Depression

by Christine Ross

According to the National Institute of Mental Health, more than half of the world's population will have a depressive disorder at some point in their lifetimes. In The Aesthetics of Disengagement Christine Ross shows how contemporary art is a powerful yet largely unacknowledged player in the articulation of depression in Western culture, both adopting and challenging scientific definitions of the condition. Ross explores the ways in which contemporary...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0816645396
• ISBN13: 9780816645398
• Release Date: March 2006
• Publisher: University of Minnesota Press
• Length: 264 Pages
• Weight: 1.14 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 7.0" x 10.0"