| Description |
1 online resource (xiii, 287 pages) : illustrations |
| Contents |
Introduction : aesthetics and the anarchy of global culture -- Flowers and billy clubs : the beauty and danger of ethical citizenship -- American literature internationale : translation, strike, and the time of political possibility -- Beauty along the color line : lynching, form, and aesthetics -- "Bombs of laughter" : motion pictures, mass art, and universal language -- Geo-aesthetics : fascism, globalism, and Frank Norris |
| Summary |
'Beautiful Democracy' explores the intersection of beauty and violence by examining university lectures and course materials on aesthetics from a century ago, along with riots, acts of domestic terrorism, magic lantern exhibitions and other public spectacles |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 255-270) and index |
| Notes |
Print version record |
| Subject |
Aesthetics, American.
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Arts -- United States.
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Democracy -- United States
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ART -- Popular Culture.
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Aesthetics, American
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Arts
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Civilization
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Democracy
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Ästhetik
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Demokratie
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| SUBJECT |
United States -- Civilization.
http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85139934
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| Subject |
United States
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USA
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| ISBN |
9780226096308 |
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0226096300 |
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