Not here, not now, not that!
Subtitle: protest over art and culture in America
By: Steven J. Tepper
Publisher: The University of Chicago Press
Published: 2011
Place of publication: Chicago
Language: eng
Number of pages: 361
ISBN-13: 9780226792866; 9780226792873
Subjects: Arts; Culture conflict; Citizen participation; Arts and religion; Protest movements; Homosexuality and the arts
Description: "In the late 1990s Angels in America, Tony Kushner's epic play about homosexuality and AIDS in the Reagan era, toured the country, inspiring protests in a handful of cities while others received it warmly. Why do people fight over some works of art but not others? Not Here, Not Now, Not That! examines a wide range of controversies over films, books, paintings, sculptures, clothing, music, and television in dozens of cities across the country to find out what turns personal offense into public protest. What Steven J. Tepper discovers is that these protests are always deeply rooted in local concerns. Furthermore, they are essential to the process of working out our differences in a civil society. To explore the local nature of public protests in detail, Tepper analyzes cases in seventy-one cities, including an in-depth look at Atlanta in the late 1990s, finding that debates there over memorials, public artworks, books, and parades served as a way for Atlantans to develop a vision of the future at a time of rapid growth and change. Eschewing simplistic narratives that reduce public protests to political maneuvering, Not Here, Not Now, Not That! at last provides the social context necessary to fully understand this fascinating phenomenon."--Publisher's Web site.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. [335]-350) and index.
Table of contents: title: Introduction: The social nature of offense and public protest over art and culture; title: A bird's-eye view of cultural conflict in America; title: Social change and cultural conflict: uncertainty, control, and symbolic politics; title: Some like it hot: why some cities are more contentious than others; title: Fast times in Atlanta: change, identity, and protest; title: From words to action: the political and institutional context for protest; title: Introduction to chapters six, seven, and eight; title: Profiles of contention; title: Cities of cultural regulation: Cincinnati, Dayton, Kansas City, and Oklahoma City; title: Cities of contention: Dallas, Fort Worth, Charlotte, and Denver; title: Cities of recognition: San Francisco, Albuquerque, San Jose, and Cleveland; title: On air, our air: fighting for decency on the airwaves; title: Conclusion: Art and cultural expression in America: symbols of community, sources of conflict, and sites of democracy; title: Epilogue: Reflections on cultural policy, democracy, and protest; title: Methodological appendix.