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Informationen zum Autor Edited by Shawn Chandler Bingham - Contributions by Sven Arvidson; Markus Breitschmid; Valerie Chepp; David Curtis; Paul Dean; Jared Del Rosso; Timothy M. Gill; William Koch; Brent Lamons; Lawrence Lanahan; Patricia Leavy; Philip G. Lewin; Elaine Miller; Klappentext By treading the common ground between the arts, humanities and social sciences, The Art of Social Critiqueraises important questions about the role of art in society, and posits art as a qualitative form of social inquiry. The authors cover a range of artists whose methods of "seeing" social life -- observing, analyzing and portraying society -- draw on the sociological, psychological, historical, and political imagination. Zusammenfassung Includes bibliographical references and index. Inhaltsverzeichnis IntroductionSeeing Beyond the Verge of Sight: Imagination(s) and Social InquiryShawn Chandler BinghamPart I. Novel VisionsChapter 1: Sociology on the Road: The Sociological Imagination of Jack Kerouac Valerie Chepp and Paul DeanChapter 2: Jean Genet: A Case Study of the Artist's Explication and Alteration of Social Practice William Koch Chapter 3: James Baldwin: The Novelist as Historian and Public Intellectual Brent Lamons Part II. Poetic InquiryChapter 4: Carolyn Forché and the Fraught Nature of Poetic Witness Andrea ScarpinoChapter 5: American Poetry: Process as VisionGregg Mosson Part III. Building Social StructuresChapter 6: Frank Lloyd Wright: Building an American Architecture from Within Outward Gail SatlerChapter 7: The Architect as "Molder of the Sensibilities of the General Public": Bruno Taut and his ArchitekturprogrammMarkus BreitschmidPart IV. Painting MirrorsChapter 8: Tellin' It Like It Is: Social Realism and the Art of Aaron DouglasDamon PowellChapter 9: Political Cartoons: Artful Commentary Elaine MillerChapter 10: Mourning America's War Harms: Alan Magee's Trauerbeit Robert StantonImage GalleryPart V. Performing LifeChapter 11: Other People's Dancers: Paul Taylor's Choreography by Messenger Paul RutzChapter 12: Reconceptualization through Theater: Reflections on Mirror Theatre's "(Re)ProductionsJoe NorrisChapter 13: Standing Up Racism: Richard Pryor and the Development of a Contentious Racial Politics James Michael Thomas Part VI. Sounding OffChapter 14: Learning from Lennon: Using Songs and Stardom to Promote Peace and JusticeJames R. Pennell Chapter 15: "She is Risen": Creating Feminist Identities and Challenging Patriarchy through the Music of Tori Amos Adrienne Trier-Bieniek and Patricia Leavy Chapter 16: Propagandhi and the Politics of Subcultural Resistance Philip G. Lewin and Timothy M. GillPart VII. Reel Life Chapter 17: Staging Truth: Errol Morris's Pursuit of the Objective in the SubjectiveJared Del Rosso...
