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The freak-garde : extraordinary bodies and revolutionary art in America
Since the 1890s, American artists have employed the arts of the freak show to envision radically different ways of being. The result is a rich avant-garde tradition that critiques and challenges capitalism from within. This book traces the arts of the freak show from P. T. Barnum to Matthew Barney a...
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| Formato: | Online Resource Livro |
| Idioma: | English |
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Minneapolis, Minnesota
: University of Minnesota Press
, 2013
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| Acesso em linha: | http://kunst.proxy.fid-lizenzen.de/fid/upso-ebooks-art/dx.doi.org/10.5749/minnesota/9780816678167.001.0001 |
| Notas de Autor: | Robin Blyn |
| E-Book Packages: | Oxford University Press : Minnesota Scholarship Online / Art |
| Resumo: | Since the 1890s, American artists have employed the arts of the freak show to envision radically different ways of being. The result is a rich avant-garde tradition that critiques and challenges capitalism from within. This book traces the arts of the freak show from P. T. Barnum to Matthew Barney and demonstrates how a form of mass culture entertainment became the basis for a distinctly American avant-garde tradition. |
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| Descrição Física: | Online-Ressource (1 online resource (xxxvii, 281 pages)) |
| ISBN: | 9781452947853 |
