| Regarding the Popular: Modernism, the Avant-Garde and High and Low Culture Contributor(s): Bru, Sascha (Editor), Nuijs, Laurence (Editor), Hjartarson, Benedikt (Editor) |
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ISBN: 3110274566 ISBN-13: 9783110274561 Publisher: de Gruyter OUR PRICE: $228.00 Product Type: Hardcover - Other Formats Published: November 2011 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Art - Literary Criticism | European - General - History |
| Dewey: 700.904 |
| LCCN: 2011038113 |
| Series: European Avant-Garde and Modernism Studies |
| Physical Information: 1.06" H x 6.14" W x 9.21" (1.92 lbs) 502 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: Regarding the Popular charts the complex relationship between the avant-gardes and modernisms on the one hand and popular culture on the other. Covering (neo-)avant-gardists and modernists from various European countries, this second volume in the series European Avant-Garde and Modernism Studies explores the nature of so-called "low" culture, dealing with aspects as diverse as the everyday and the folkloric. Regarding the Popular charts the many ways in which the allegedly "high" modernists and avant-gardists looked at and represented the "low". As such, this book will appeal to all those with an interest in the dynamic of modern experimental arts and literatures. |