Out There: Marginalization and Contemporary Cultures (Documentary sources in contemporary art)

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1992
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Images by Felix Gonzales-Torres Out There addresses the question of cultural marginalization - the process through which various groups are excluded from access to and participation in the dominant culture. It is a wide-ranging anthology that juxtaposes diverse points of view on issues of gender, race, sexual preference, and class. It takes up the fundamental issues raised when we attempt to define concepts such as mainstream and minority, and it opens up new ways of thinking about culture and representation in our society.

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Images by Felix Gonzales-Torres Out There addresses the question of cultural marginalization - the process through which various groups are excluded from access to and participation in the dominant culture. It is a wide-ranging anthology that juxtaposes diverse points of view on issues of gender, race, sexual preference, and class. It takes up the fundamental issues raised when we attempt to define concepts such as mainstream and minority, and it opens up new ways of thinking about culture and representation in our society.

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Format: Paperback
Pages: 448
Edition: New edition
Publisher: MIT Press
Published: 02 Apr 1992
ISBN 10: 026256064X
ISBN 13: 9780262560641
Book Overview: Out There collects classic essays - Monique Wittig s The Straight Mind, Gayatri Spivak s Explanation and Culture: Matginalia - as well as lesser-known pieces like Richard Rodriguez s Complexion, all kicked off by Cornel West s brilliant polemic The New Cultural Politics of Difference. This is a magnificent compendium of non-Eurocentric, non-heterosexist writing, a manual for what West calls intellectual and political freedom-fighters. Village Voice

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Out There collects classic essays - Monique Wittig s The Straight Mind, Gayatri Spivak s Explanation and Culture: Matginalia - as well as lesser-known pieces like Richard Rodriguez s Complexion, all kicked off by Cornel West s brilliant polemic The New Cultural Politics of Difference. This is a magnificent compendium of non-Eurocentric, non-heterosexist writing, a manual for what West calls intellectual and political freedom-fighters. Village Voice

Author Bio

Russell Ferguson is Deputy Director for Exhibitions and Programs and Chief Curator at the University of California, Los Angeles, Hammer Museum.