Description |
1 online resource (241 p.) |
Contents |
Cover -- Aesthetics of Equality -- Copyright -- Dedication -- Contents -- List of Figures -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction: The Grammar of Equality -- 1. Thomas Mann's Joseph Tetralogy: A "Musico-Literary Poetics" of Equality -- 2. A Right to the City: Toni Morrison's Literary Jazz -- 3. Sculpting in Time: Michael Haneke's Caché -- 4. An Egalitarian Istanbul: Ethos's Cinematic Portraiture -- 5. Latinx Visibility: Architecture and Public History -- Notes -- Index |
Summary |
Presuming that the problem of political equality, as it bears on both persons and assemblages, is about being accorded access to the material and symbolic resources needed to manage an effective civic presence, Michael J. Shapiro's critical interventions engage the way a wide variety of aesthetic genres address this problem. In Aesthetics of Equality, Shapiro offers a guide to aesthetic methods, focusing on how to conceive equality issues through conceptual engagements with diverse artistic genres. Emphasizing relationships between compositional form and ideational commitment, while focusing o |
Notes |
Description based upon print version of record |
Subject |
Equality -- Philosophy
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Equality in literature.
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Equality in mass media.
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Aesthetics, Comparative.
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Aesthetics, Comparative
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Equality in literature
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Equality in mass media
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Equality -- Philosophy
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Form |
Electronic book
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ISBN |
0197670377 |
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9780197670378 |
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