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Socially Engaged Art in Contemporary China: Voices from Below
Contributor(s): Wang, Meiqin (Author)
ISBN: 113831434X     ISBN-13: 9781138314344
Publisher: Routledge
OUR PRICE:   $171.00  
Product Type: Hardcover - Other Formats
Published: March 2019
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BISAC Categories:
- Art | Art & Politics
- Art | History - Contemporary (1945- )
- Political Science | World - Asian
Dewey: 701.03
LCCN: 2018050051
Series: Routledge Research in Art and Politics
Physical Information: 0.8" H x 6.9" W x 9.8" (1.70 lbs) 238 pages
Themes:
- Cultural Region - Asian
 
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This book provides an in-depth and thematic analysis of socially engaged art in Mainland China, exploring its critical responses to and creative interventions in China's top-down, pro-urban, and profit-oriented socioeconomic transformations. It focuses on the socially conscious practices of eight art professionals who assume the role of artist, critic, curator, educator, cultural entrepreneur, and social activist, among others, as they strive to expose the injustice and inequality many Chinese people have suffered, raise public awareness of pressing social and environmental problems, and invent new ways and infrastructures to support various underprivileged social groups.