| Description |
1 online resource (xiii, 287 pages) : illustrations |
| Physical Medium |
polychrome |
| Description |
text file |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 255-270) and index. |
| 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. |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
Aesthetics, American.
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Aesthetics, American. |
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Arts -- United States.
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Arts. |
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United States. |
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Democracy -- United States.
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Democracy. |
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United States -- Civilization.
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Civilization. |
| Genre/Form |
Electronic books.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Castronovo, Russ, 1965- Beautiful democracy. Chicago : University of Chicago Press, 2007 (DLC) 2007003728 |
| ISBN |
9780226096308 (electronic book) |
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0226096300 (electronic book) |
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9780226096285 (cloth ; alkaline paper) |
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9780226096292 (paperback ; alkaline paper) |
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0226096289 (cloth ; alkaline paper) |
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0226096297 (paperback ; alkaline paper) |
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