02742nam 2200517 450 991015901330332120240130125035.0(CKB)3710000001014400(MiAaPQ)EBC6041396(Au-PeEL)EBL6041396(OCoLC)1156008793(EXLCZ)99371000000101440020240130h20172016 uy 0engurcnu||||||||txtrdacontentcrdamediacrrdacarrierCulture as weapon the art of influence in everyday life /Nato ThompsonFirst edition.Brooklyn, NY :Melville House Publishing,[2017]©20161 online resource (198 pages)1-61219-573-3 1-61219-574-1 Includes bibliographical references.The real culture war -- The persuaders -- The persuaders, part II -- Fear machines -- The real estate show -- The insurgents : community-based practice as military methodology -- Sounding the trumpet : charity and the image of doing good -- Corporate sociability : IKEA, the Apple Store, Starbucks, and other corporate annexes of the Civic -- The ever-so-personal computer."One of the country's leading activist curators explores how corporations and governments have used art and culture to mystify and manipulate us. The production of culture was once the domain of artists, but beginning in the early 1900s, the emerging fields of public relations, advertising and marketing transformed the way the powerful communicate with the rest of us. A century later, the tools are more sophisticated than ever, the onslaught more relentless. In Culture as Weapon, acclaimed curator and critic Nato Thompson reveals how institutions use art and culture to ensure profits and constrain dissent--and shows us that there are alternatives. An eye-opening account of the way advertising, media, and politics work today, Culture as Weapon offers a radically new way of looking at our world"--Provided by publisher.Arts and societyHistory21st centuryArtsPolitical aspectsHistory21st centurySocial influenceMass media and cultureArts and societyHistoryArtsPolitical aspectsHistorySocial influence.Mass media and culture.700.103SOC002010POL038000BUS002000bisacshThompson Nato1246005MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910159013303321Culture As Weapon2889309UNINA