Theory Rules : : Art as Theory / Theory as Art / / ed. by Jody Berland, Will Straw, David Tomas.

In art theory, as in cultural life generally, there has a long been tension between theory and artistic practice. The desire to resolve these tensions has been a principal impulse shaping artistic work and criticism over the last century. The last decade has seen the emergence of a broad, interdisci...

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Superior document:Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter University of Toronto Press eBook-Package Archive 1933-1999
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Place / Publishing House:Toronto : : University of Toronto Press, , [2016]
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Year of Publication:2016
Language:English
Series:Heritage
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Physical Description:1 online resource (322 p.)
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Table of Contents:
  • Frontmatter
  • Contents
  • Introduction: The Art as Theory / Theory and Art Conference
  • Part 1: Context
  • Bewitched, Bothered, And Bewildered
  • Back to the Future: The Sequel
  • Theorizing Culturalism: From Cultural Policies to Identity Politics and Back
  • In Defence of the Realm: Public Controversy and the Apologetics of Art
  • What Counts as Culture
  • The Writing on the Wall
  • Part 2: Identities
  • Bodies of Theory, Bodies of Pain: Some Silences
  • Imitating Authorities: Theory, Gender, and Photographic Discourse
  • The Exclusions of Theory: Feminist Ambivalence in Art Practice and Criticism
  • Part 3: Visions
  • An Identity in Crisis: The Artist and New Technologies
  • Spectatorship in Cyberspace: The Global Embrace
  • The Sublime: The Limits of Vision and the Inflation of Commentary
  • Introduction, Dissemination, and Education: Michel Foucault, “Integrated Intellectuals” and Writing on the Visual Arts in English Canada
  • Synthetic Magic/Virtual Reality
  • Art and Theory: The Politics of the Invisible
  • Appendix: Statement of Concerns Sent to Presenters
  • Notes on Contributors