Regarding the Popular

Modernism, the Avant-Garde and High and Low Culture

490 Seiten, Hardcover

Kurzbeschreibung des Verlags

Regarding the Popular charts the complex relationship between the avant-gardes and modernisms on the one hand and popular culture on the other. Covering (neo-)avant-gardists and modernists from various European countries, this second volume in the series European Avant-Garde and Modernism Studies explores the nature of so-called “low” culture, dealing with aspects as diverse as the everyday and the folkloric. Regarding the Popular charts the many ways in which the allegedly “high” modernists and avant-gardists looked at and represented the “low”. As such, this book will appeal to all those with an interest in the dynamic of modern experimental arts and literatures.

• Reihe: European Avant-Garde and Modernism Studies
• Themen: Kunst Allgemeine Themen Kunsttheorie
• ISBN: 9783110274561
• Sprache: Englisch
• Erscheinungsdatum: 17.11.2011
• Größe: 23 x 15.5 cm
• Verlag: De Gruyter
• Herausgegeben von: Sascha Bru, Laurence van Nuijs, Benedikt Hjartarson, Peter Nicholls, Tania Ørum, Hubert van den Berg