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Author Shapiro, Michael J

Title Aesthetics of Equality
Published Oxford : Oxford University Press, Incorporated, 2023

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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
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Subject Equality -- Philosophy
Equality in literature.
Equality in mass media.
Aesthetics, Comparative.
Aesthetics, Comparative
Equality in literature
Equality in mass media
Equality -- Philosophy
Form Electronic book
ISBN 0197670377
9780197670378