Usable pasts : social practice and state formation in American art /
"Usable Pasts addresses projects dating to two periods in the United States that saw increased financial support from the state for socially engaged culture. By analysing artworks dating to the 1990s by Suzanne Lacy, Rick Lowe and Martha Rosler in relation to experimental theatre, modern dance,...
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| Format: | Licensed eBooks |
| Language: | English |
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Leiden ; Boston :
Brill,
[2022]
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| Series: | Historical materialism book series ;
239. |
| Online Access: | https://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&scope=site&db=nlebk&AN=3749024 |
Table of Contents:
- Introduction : historicising social practice
- Rehearsals for real life
- Social practice/social reproduction
- Housing, homelessness and documentary
- Race, nation and usable pasts
- Coda : utility and social practice.