Hiroshima after Iraq
Subtitle: three studies in art and war
By: Rosalyn Deutsche.
Series: Wellek library lectures in critical theory
Publisher: Columbia University Press
Published: 2010
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 88
ISBN-13: 9780231152785
Subjects: Kolbowski, Silvia; Wodiczko, Krzysztof; Thornton, Leslie, -- 1951-; Art and war
Other titles: Three studies in art and war
Description: "Many on the left lament an apathy or amnesia toward recent acts of war. Particularly during the George W. Bush administration's invasion of Iraq, opposition to war seemed to lack the heat and potency of the 1960s and 1970s, giving the impression that passionate dissent was all but dead. Through an analysis of three politically engaged works of art, [author] argues against this melancholic attitude, confirming the power of contemporary art to criticize subjectivity as well as war."--Book jacket.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Silvia Kolbowski; title: Leslie Thornton; title: Krzysztof Wodiczko.