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11%OFFMatthews, Pamela. Ed(S): Matthews, Pamela R.; McWhirter, David - Aesthetic Subjects - 9780816639939 - V9780816639939
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Aesthetic Subjects

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Description for Aesthetic Subjects paperback. Editor(s): Matthews, Pamela R.; McWhirter, David. Num Pages: 384 pages, 24 halftones. BIC Classification: AC; HPN. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 255 x 177 x 28. Weight in Grams: 920.

Demonstrates the remarkable resurgence of interest in the aesthetic

Recent calls for a return to aesthetics occur precisely at a moment when it is increasingly evident that nothing concerning aesthetics is self-evident anymore. Determined to recover the value of aesthetic experience for artistic, cultural, and social analysis, the contributors to this volume—prominent scholars in literature, philosophy, art history, architecture, history, and anthropology—begin from a shared recognition that ideological readings of the aesthetic have provided invaluable insights, in particular, that analyses of aesthetics within historical and social contexts tell us a great deal about the experience of aesthetic encounters.

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Contributors: Leo Bersani, U of California, Berkeley; Susan Bordo, U of Kentucky; Bill Brown, U of Chicago; Beatriz Colomina, Princeton U; Ulysse Dutoit, U of California, Berkeley; Lee Edelman, Tufts U; Maureen Harkin, Reed College; Howard Horwitz, U of Utah; Audrey Jaffe, U of California, Santa Cruz; Martin Jay, U of California, Berkeley; Kay Bea Jones, Ohio State U; Robert Kaufman, Stanford U; Alphonso Lingis, Pennsylvania State U; Joseph Litvak, Tufts U; Douglas Mao, Cornell U; Barbara Stafford, U of Chicago; Kathleen Stewart, U of Texas; Kathryn Bond Stockton, U of Utah; Judith Stoddart, Michigan State U; Michael Taussig, Columbia U.

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Product Details

Format
Paperback
Publication date
2003
Publisher
University of Minnesota Press United States
Number of pages
384
Condition
New
Number of Pages
528
Place of Publication
Minnesota, United States
ISBN
9780816639939
SKU
V9780816639939
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About Matthews, Pamela. Ed(S): Matthews, Pamela R.; McWhirter, David
David McWhirter is associate professor of English at Texas A&M University.

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