| Description |
1 online resource (xii, 238 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates) : illustrations |
| Series |
Routledge research in art and politics |
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Routledge research in art and politics.
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| Contents |
Art criticism, exhibition, and citizen politics : Wang Nanming and the theory of critical art -- Waste, pollution, and environment activism : Wang Jiuliang and the power of documenting -- Art, urban renewal, and grassroots community building : Zheng Dazhen and lifestyle activism -- Rural reconstruction through art : Zuo Jing and place-making for the people -- From representation to collaboration : Wen Fang and her participatory art -- Art education for children : Hu Jianqiang, Wang Jun, and the nurture effect |
| Summary |
This book provides an in-depth and thematic analysis of socially engaged art in Mainland China, exploring its critical responses to and creative interventions in China's top-down, pro-urban, and profit-oriented socioeconomic transformations. It focuses on the socially conscious practices of eight art professionals who assume the role of artist, critic, curator, educator, cultural entrepreneur, and social activist, among others, as they strive to expose the injustice and inequality many Chinese people have suffered, raise public awareness of pressing social and environmental problems, and invent new ways and infrastructures to support various underprivileged social groups |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Notes |
Meiqin Wang is Professor in the Department of Art at California State University, Northridge, USA |
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Print version record |
| Subject |
Art and social action -- China -- History -- 21st century
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Arts and society -- China -- History -- 21st century
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ART -- General.
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ART -- Art & Politics.
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ART -- History -- Contemporary (1945- )
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Art and social action
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Arts and society
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China
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| Genre/Form |
History
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| ISBN |
9780429457074 |
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0429457073 |
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9780429853630 |
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0429853637 |
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9780429853623 |
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0429853629 |
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9780429853647 |
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0429853645 |
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