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The Scandal of Pleasure
Wendy Steiner
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Description for The Scandal of Pleasure
Paperback. Surveys a wide range of cultural controversies, from the Mapplethorpe affair to Salman Rushdie's death sentence. This book seeks to show that the fear and outrage these events inspired were the result of dangerous misunderstandings about the relationship between art and life. Num Pages: 258 pages, 27 halftones. BIC Classification: ABA; DSA; JFC; JHM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 165 x 15. Weight in Grams: 460.
Surveying a wide range of cultural controversies, from the Mapplethorpe affair to Salman Rushdie's death sentence, from canon-revision in the academy to the scandals that have surrounded Anthony Blunt, Martin Heidegger, and Paul de Man, Wendy Steiner shows that the fear and outrage they inspired are the result of dangerous misunderstanding about the relationship between art and life.
Surveying a wide range of cultural controversies, from the Mapplethorpe affair to Salman Rushdie's death sentence, from canon-revision in the academy to the scandals that have surrounded Anthony Blunt, Martin Heidegger, and Paul de Man, Wendy Steiner shows that the fear and outrage they inspired are the result of dangerous misunderstanding about the relationship between art and life.
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1997
Publisher
The University of Chicago Press
Number of pages
258
Condition
New
Number of Pages
263
Place of Publication
, United States
ISBN
9780226772240
SKU
V9780226772240
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