Title: Zones of contention
First published: 1996
Description: This collection of essays by cultural critic Carol Becker plumbs particular areas of controversy to understand what information these "zones of contention" might yield about the multifarious culture wars taking place within American society today.

In the process she addresses the place of art and artists in society, the difficulties facing women in the workplace, why male bonding exists, why women experience anxiety in relationship to creative endeavors, and why artists are misunderstood within American society. She positions art and artists, as well as institutional dynamics within a philosophical framework.
Subjects: Artists and community, Art and society, Sex role in art, History, Creation (Literary, artistic, etc.), Art, psychology, Art, philosophy, Artists, united states
Places: United States
Time periods: 20th century
LC classification: N72.S6 B383 1996