03075nam 22007454a 450 991095411430332120200520144314.09786612069697978128206969512820696919780226096308022609630010.7208/9780226096308(CKB)1000000000724104(EBL)432204(OCoLC)646810174(SSID)ssj0000109473(PQKBManifestationID)11795022(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000109473(PQKBWorkID)10059002(PQKB)10352369(StDuBDS)EDZ0000117458(DE-B1597)524824(OCoLC)1055474262(DE-B1597)9780226096308(Au-PeEL)EBL432204(CaPaEBR)ebr10288686(CaONFJC)MIL206969(MiAaPQ)EBC432204(Perlego)1852031(EXLCZ)99100000000072410420070126d2007 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtrdacontentcrdamediacrrdacarrierBeautiful democracy aesthetics and anarchy in a global era /Russ Castronovo1st ed.Chicago University of Chicago Press20071 online resource (302 pages) illustrationsDescription based upon print version of record.9780226096292 0226096297 9780226096285 0226096289 Includes bibliographical references (p. [255]-270) and index.Frontmatter --Contents --Illustrations --Acknowledgments --Introduction. Aesthetics and the Anarchy of Global Culture --1. Flowers and Billy Clubs --2. American Literature Internationale --3. Beauty Along the Color Line --4 . "bombs of laughter" --5. Geo-Aesthetics --Afterword --Notes --Works Cited --IndexThe photographer and reformer Jacob Riis once wrote, "I have seen an armful of daisies keep the peace of a block better than a policeman and his club." Riis was not alone in his belief that beauty could tame urban chaos, but are aesthetic experiences always a social good? Could aesthetics also inspire violent crime, working-class unrest, and racial murder? To answer these questions, Russ Castronovo turns to those who debated claims that art could democratize culture-civic reformers, anarchists, novelists, civil rights activists, and college professors-to reveal that beauty proviAesthetics, AmericanArtsUnited StatesDemocracyUnited StatesUnited StatesCivilizationAesthetics, American.ArtsDemocracy306.4/70973Castronovo Russ1965-1127014MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910954114303321Beautiful democracy4356623UNINA