1st Edition
Legislating Creativity The Intersections of Art and Politics
By Dustin Kidd
Copyright 2010
190 Pages
18 B/W Illustrations
by
Routledge
190 Pages
18 B/W Illustrations
by
Routledge
190 Pages
18 B/W Illustrations
by
Routledge
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How does political policy-making shape the creative activities of artists? Do the political interests of artists influence actual political practices in any way? Legislating Creativity examines the relationship between art and politics through an analysis of controversial art projects tied to the National Endowment for the Arts during the Culture Wars (late 1980s-1990s). Though there have... Read more
1. The Culture War of the Arts 2. The Scandal of Public Funds 3. Sexual Politics in the Defense of Art 4. Witness for the Arts 5. Spell it Like the Freedom Fighters 6. Conclusions and Revisitations
Biography
Dustin Kidd is an Assistant Professor of Sociology at Temple University in Philadelphia. He holds a BA from James Madison University, an MA in English and a PhD in Sociology, both from the University of Virginia. He has published articles in Research in Political Sociology, The Journal of Popular Culture, The Hedgehog Review, and AfterImage. He teaches courses on popular culture and social theory at the graduate and undergraduate levels.
