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The Mask of Art : Breaking the Aesthetic Contract Film and Literature
Overview
Scholar Clyde Taylor exposes the concept of "art" as a device employed by Euro-American culture to dominate historical interpretation. He challenges the history of aesthetics as a recent invention of privileged Western consumerism. Examining various texts, Taylor demonstrates how rationales of "art" are used to mask personal, class, and cultural biases.
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Details
- ISBN-13: 9780253211927
- ISBN-10: 0253211921
- Publisher: Indiana University Press (Ips)
- Publish Date: November 1998
- Dimensions: 9.2 x 6.08 x 0.94 inches
- Shipping Weight: 1.13 pounds
- Page Count: 360
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