Research Catalog

Title

The crisis of criticism / edited by Maurice Berger.

Publication

New York : New Press, c1998.

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Details

Additional Authors

Berger, Maurice.

Description

172 p.; 18 cm.

Summary

Almost more than artists, art critics today form an elite class that legislates cultural tastes. This book is a collection of brilliantly argued, provocative essays that address the problematic nature of the critic's authority and responsibilities. In it, today's leading critics, curators, and artists address the questions at the heart of criticism. Do critics grant cultural permission or is their work merely descriptive? Is there such a thing as critical activism? How can critics bridge the gap between a sometimes hermetic art community and the public? Are critics consumer advocates, sycophants, or artists in their own right? The editior assembles the top critics in each field to address the problematic nature of the critic's authority and responsibilities.

Subject

Criticism

Genre/Form

Criticism, interpretation, etc.

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references.

Processing Action (note)

• committed to retain

Contents

Introduction: the crisis of criticism / Maurice Berger -- Discussing the undisscussable / Arlene Croce -- Confronting head-on the face of the afflicted / Joyce Carol Oates -- Dance this diss around / Homi Bhabha -- Addressing the dress / Richard Martin -- The film critic of tomorrow, today / Jim Hoberman -- Why bully literature? / Wayne Koestenbaum -- Resisting the dangerous journey: the crisis of journalistic criticism / Michael Brenson -- Making movie magic / bell hooks -- Measuring the immeasurable / Sarah Rothenberg.

ISBN

1565844173

OCLC

39238672

Owning Institutions

Harvard Library