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OverviewExplores the intersection of beauty and violence by examining university lectures and course materials on aesthetics along with riots, acts of domestic terrorism, and magic lantern exhibitions. This work suggests that the distance separating academic thinking and popular wisdom about social transformation is narrower than we generally suppose. Full Product DetailsAuthor: Russ CastronovoPublisher: The University of Chicago Press Imprint: University of Chicago Press Dimensions: Width: 1.60cm , Height: 0.20cm , Length: 2.30cm Weight: 0.454kg ISBN: 9780226096292ISBN 10: 0226096297 Pages: 272 Publication Date: 01 September 2007 Audience: Professional and scholarly , Professional & Vocational Format: Paperback Publisher's Status: Active Availability: Manufactured on demand  We will order this item for you from a manufactured on demand supplier. Table of ContentsReviewsBeautiful Democracy is an important book, reestablishing aesthetics as a vital issue both within the immediate field of American literature and far beyond it. It engages a long and complexly developed conversation on the politics of form, using rich archival material, ranging from college curricula, black print culture, and the history of film. - Wai Chee Dimock, Yale University Author InformationRuss Castronovo is the Jean Wall Bennett Professor of English and American Studies at the University of Wisconsin - Madison. Tab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |
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