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Social Works: The Infrastructural Politics of Performance

By Shannon Jackson

Book information

Publisher
Taylor and Francis
Year
2011
ISBN
0415486017, 9780415486019, 0203852893, 9780415486002, 9780203852897
LCC
NX180.S6 J325 2011
Google Books ID
NY-QQAAACAAJ
Open Library ID
OL24422571M
Language
english
Format
PDF
Filesize
11 MB (11543628 bytes)
Edition
1st
Pages
310\310
Orientation
no
Scanned
no
Time added
2012-02-04 16:00:00

Description

‘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 approach to the forms, goals and histories of innovative social practice in both contemporary performance and visual art. Shannon Jackson uses a range of case studies and contemporary methodologies to mediate between the fields of visual and performance studies. The result is a brilliant analysis that not only incorporates current political and aesthetic discourses but also provides a practical understanding of social practice.

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