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Elizabeth Wilson is one of our most radical cultural critics. In Cultural Passions she transcends the division between 'high' and 'low' culture, exploring the emotional commitment people bring to the books, performances, objects and rituals in which they find meaning and challeng...
| Основен автор: | Wilson, Elizabeth, 1936- (Author) |
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| Формат: | Електронен |
| Език: | English |
| Публикувано: |
London ; New York :
I.B. Tauris,
2013.
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| Онлайн достъп: |
http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&scope=site&db=nlebk&AN=596681 |
| Подобни документи: |
Print version::
Cultural passions |
| Резюме: |
Elizabeth Wilson is one of our most radical cultural critics. In Cultural Passions she transcends the division between 'high' and 'low' culture, exploring the emotional commitment people bring to the books, performances, objects and rituals in which they find meaning and challenging an enduring suspicion of the pleasure of the aesthetic. Ranging from Marcel Proust to tarot readings, from urban planning to interiors, Elizabeth Wilson investigates an underlying Puritanism in critical commentary on matters as wide ranging as Roger Federer and C S Lewis, Surrealism and fashion and the relationshi. |
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| Физически характеристики: |
1 online resource (ix, 222 p.) |
| Библиография: |
Includes bibliographical references (p. 207-215) and index. |
| ISBN: |
9780857722188 0857722182 9780857733580 0857733583 |