Martha Rosler - Culture Class. e-flux Journal (Sternberg Press / E-Flux Journal) - Softcover

Martha Rosler

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1934105813 ISBN 13: 9781934105818

Publisher: Sternberg Press, 2013

Synopsis

In this collection of essays Martha Rosler embarks on a broad inquiry into the economic and historical precedents for today s soft ideology of creativity, with special focus on its elaborate retooling of class distinctions. In the creative city, the neutralization or incorporation of subcultural movements, the organic translation of the gritty into the quaint, and the professionalization of the artist combine with armies of eager freelancers and interns to constitute the friendly user interface of a new social sphere in which, for those who have been granted a place within it, an elaborate retooling of traditional markers of difference has allowed class distinctions to be either utterly dissolved or willfully suppressed.

About this title

Product Description:

In this collection of essays, conceptual art pioneer Martha Rosler considers the

About the Author:

Martha Rosler lives and works in Brooklyn, New York. She has taught and lectured on photography since the mid-1970s. Her work was the subject of a major retrospective, "Martha Rosler: Positions in the Life World," in 2000. She is the author of 14 books and numerous essays.

About this edition

• Publisher: Sternberg Press
• Publication date: 2013
• ISBN 10: 1934105813
• ISBN 13: 9781934105818
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 232