Doing democracy
Doing democracy activist art and cultural politics / [electronic resource] :
edited by Nancy S. Love and Mark Mattern.
- Albany : State University of New York Press, [2013]
- 1 online resource (pages cm.)
- Praxis: theory in action .
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Introduction: art, culture, democracy / Nancy S. Love and Mark Mattern -- Photo-activism in the digital age: visions from Rio de Janeiro / Frank Möller -- Framing the Obama political cartoons: injury or democracy? / Sushmita Chatterjee -- The moral economy: doing democracy via public day of the dead rituals / Regina Marchi -- The national D-Day memorial: an American military monument as "doing democracy" / Timothy W. Luke -- The message in the medium: poetry slam as democratic practice / Mark Mattern -- Tragedy and democracy: the fate of liberal democratic values in a violent world / Wairimu Njoya -- "You're an American rapper, so what do you know?": the political uses of British and US popular culture by first-time voters in the UK / Sanna Inthorn and John Street -- Playing with hate: white power music and the undoing of democracy / Nancy S. Love -- Betrayed by democracy: verbatim theatre as prefigurative politics / Mark Chou and Roland Bleiker -- Political actors: performance as democratic protest in anti-apartheid theatre / Emily Beausoleil -- Art in the house: cultural democracy in a neighborhood / Bruce Baum -- Democracy despite government: African American parading and democratic theory / Peter G. Stillman and Adelaide H. Villmoare -- Conclusion: activist arts, community development, and democracy / Mark Mattern and Nancy S. Love.
"Demonstrates how activists and others use art and popular culture to strive for a more democratic future"--Provided by publisher.
9781438449128
Artists--Political activity.
Democracy and the arts.
Politics in art.
Popular culture--Political aspects.
Arts--Political aspects.
Electronic books.
NX650.P6 / D65 2013
700.1/03
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Introduction: art, culture, democracy / Nancy S. Love and Mark Mattern -- Photo-activism in the digital age: visions from Rio de Janeiro / Frank Möller -- Framing the Obama political cartoons: injury or democracy? / Sushmita Chatterjee -- The moral economy: doing democracy via public day of the dead rituals / Regina Marchi -- The national D-Day memorial: an American military monument as "doing democracy" / Timothy W. Luke -- The message in the medium: poetry slam as democratic practice / Mark Mattern -- Tragedy and democracy: the fate of liberal democratic values in a violent world / Wairimu Njoya -- "You're an American rapper, so what do you know?": the political uses of British and US popular culture by first-time voters in the UK / Sanna Inthorn and John Street -- Playing with hate: white power music and the undoing of democracy / Nancy S. Love -- Betrayed by democracy: verbatim theatre as prefigurative politics / Mark Chou and Roland Bleiker -- Political actors: performance as democratic protest in anti-apartheid theatre / Emily Beausoleil -- Art in the house: cultural democracy in a neighborhood / Bruce Baum -- Democracy despite government: African American parading and democratic theory / Peter G. Stillman and Adelaide H. Villmoare -- Conclusion: activist arts, community development, and democracy / Mark Mattern and Nancy S. Love.
"Demonstrates how activists and others use art and popular culture to strive for a more democratic future"--Provided by publisher.
9781438449128
Artists--Political activity.
Democracy and the arts.
Politics in art.
Popular culture--Political aspects.
Arts--Political aspects.
Electronic books.
NX650.P6 / D65 2013
700.1/03