Elizabeth Wilson is one of our most radical cultural critics. In
"Cultural Passions" she transcends the division between 'high' and
'low' culture, exploring the emotional commitment people bring to the
books, performances, objects and rituals in which they find meaning
and challenging an enduring suspicion of the pleasure of the
aesthetic. Ranging from Marcel Proust to tarot readings, from urban
planning to interiors, Elizabeth Wilson investigates an underlying
Puritanism in critical commentary on matters as wide ranging as Roger
Federer and C S Lewis, Surrealism and fashion and the relationship of
religion to fan culture. She questions why pleasure appears suspect,
even as consumer society incites it and turns life into entertainment.
She questions why there is such fear of elitism when at the same time
the fans of mass culture are held in contempt. Subverting conventional
views, her oblique point of view provides startling insights on both
familiar and marginal cultural experiences.
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ISBN
9780857733580
Publisert
2015
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Vendor
I.B. Tauris & Co Ltd
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Product language
Engelsk
Format
Product format
Digital bok
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