Title: Shocktreatment
First published: 1990
Description: "Shock Treatment is Karen Finley's first book, published just as she became internationally famous for being denied an NEA grant because of perceived obscenity in her work. In it, she captures the drama and fragility of the AIDS era and distills the emotional turmoil of that time with excoriating monologues and essays. With a new introductory essay by the author"--
Subjects: Performance art, Monologues, American literature, history and criticism, ART / Popular Culture, ART / Art & Politics, ART / Performance, ART / Conceptual
Places: United States