Beautiful democracy : aesthetics and anarchy in a global era /

Castronovo, Russ, 1965-

Beautiful democracy : aesthetics and anarchy in a global era / Russ Castronovo. - Chicago : University of Chicago Press, 2007. - xiii, 287 p. : ill. ; 23 cm.

Includes bibliographical references (p. [255]-270) and index.

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.

9780226096285 (cloth : alk. paper) 9780226096292 (pbk. : alk. paper) 0226096289 (cloth : alk. paper) 0226096297 (pbk. : alk. paper)

2007003728

GBA757454 bnb

013799857 Uk


Aesthetics, American.
Arts--United States.
Democracy--United States.


United States--Civilization.

BH221.U53 / C355b 2007

306.4/70973