Autonomy
The Social Ontology of Art under Capitalism
1st Edition
Published on 28. February 2019
232 pages
978-1-4780-0267-3 (ISBN)
Description
Nicholas Brown theorizes the historical and theoretical conditions for the persistence of art's autonomy from the realm of the commodity by showing how an artist's commitment to form and by demanding interpretive attention elude the logic of capital.
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Language
English
Place of publication
Durham, NC
United States
Target group
Professional and scholarly
Edition type
Digital original
Illustrations
30 illustrations, incl. 21 in color
30 illustrations, incl. 21 in color
File size
10,73 MB
ISBN-13
978-1-4780-0267-3 (9781478002673)
Schweitzer Classification
Other editions
Person
Nicholas Brown is Associate Professor of English and African American Studies at the University of Illinois at Chicago, author of Utopian Generations: The Political Horizon of Twentieth-Century Literature, and coeditor of Contemporary Marxist Theory: A Reader.
Content
Acknowledgments ix
Introduction. On Art and the Commodity Form 1
1. Photography as Film and Film as Photography 41
2. The Novel and the Ruse of the Work 79
3. Citation and Affect in Music 115
4. Modernism on TV 152
Epilogue. Taking Sides 178
Notes 183
Bibliography 207
Index 215
Introduction. On Art and the Commodity Form 1
1. Photography as Film and Film as Photography 41
2. The Novel and the Ruse of the Work 79
3. Citation and Affect in Music 115
4. Modernism on TV 152
Epilogue. Taking Sides 178
Notes 183
Bibliography 207
Index 215
