Doing Democracy by Nancy S Love
examines the potential of the arts and popular culture to extend and deepen the experience of democracy. Its contributors address the use of photography, cartooning, memorials, monuments, poetry, literature, music, theater, festivals, and parades to open political spaces, awaken critical consciousness, engage marginalized groups in political activism, and create new, more democratic societies. This volume demonstrates how ordinary people use the creative and visionary capacity of the arts and popular culture to shape alternative futures. It is unique in its insistence that democratic theorists and activists should acknowledge and employ affective as well as rational faculties in the ongoing struggle for democracy.-
Mourning and Mobilization in the Americas
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A Praxis of Persistence
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Art Activism for an Anticolonial Future
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South of the Future
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Culture and Tactics
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Black Women and Social Justice Education
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Sappho's Legacy
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Speaking Face to Face
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Immigrant Protest
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The Fifth Element
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Maternal Activism
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Born Out of Struggle
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Spontaneous Combustion
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Radical Imagination, Radical Humanity
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Out for Blood
"Nancy SLove and Mark Mattern have collected a first-rate set of studies that illuminate the intersection between art and politics in the contemporary era. The text demonstrates how activist art and cultural politics can promote democratic politics and how democracy is enriched and enlivened by activist art projects. This book should interest everyone concerned with the fate of art and democracy in the contemporary era and how they can help nourish each other." — Douglas Kellner, author of Media Spectacle and Insurrection, 2011: From the Arab Uprisings to Occupy Everywhere
Nancy S. Love is Professor of Government and Justice Studies at Appalachian State University. She is the author of several books, including Musical Democracy, also published by SUNY Press. Mark Mattern is Professor of Political Science at Baldwin Wallace University and the author of Putting Ideas to Work: A Practical Introduction to Political Thought and Acting in Concert: Music, Community, and Political Action.
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| ISBN 13 | 9781438449104 |
| ISBN 10 | 1438449100 |
| Title | Doing Democracy |
| Author | Nancy S Love |
| Series | Suny Series Praxis: Theory In Action |
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| Binding Type | Paperback |
| Publisher | State University of New York Press |
| Year published | 2014-07-02 |
| Number of pages | 396 |
| Cover note | Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary. |
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