The Aesthetics of Uncertainty

by Janet Wolff

Book Overview

Feminism, poststructuralism, postcolonialism, and Marxism, among other critical approaches, have undermined traditional notions of aesthetics in recent decades. But questions of aesthetic judgment and pleasure persist, and many critics now seek a "return to aesthetics" or a "return to beauty." Janet Wolff advances a "postcritical" aesthetics grounded in shared values that are negotiated in the context of community. She relates this approach to contemporary...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0231140967
• ISBN13: 9780231140966
• Release Date: September 2008
• Publisher: Columbia University Press
• Length: 200 Pages
• Weight: 0.90 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 6.2" x 8.1"
• Grade Range: Postsecondary and higher