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Culture as Weapon: The Art of Influence in Everyday Life

Culture as Weapon: The Art of Influence in Everyday Life

One of the country's leading activist curators explores how corporations and governments have used art and culture to mystify and manipulate us.

The production of culture was once the domain of artists, but beginning in the early 1900s, the emerging fields of public relations, advertising and marketing transformed the way the powerful communicate with the rest of us. A century later, the tools are more sophisticated than ever, the onslaught more relentless.

In Culture as Weapon, acclaimed curator and critic Nato Thompson reveals how institutions use art and culture to ensure profits and constrain dissent--and shows us that there are alternatives. An eye-opening account of the way advertising, media, and politics work today, Culture as Weapon offers a radically new way of looking at our world.
Country USA
Brand Melville House
Manufacturer Melville House
Binding Paperback
ItemPartNumber unknown
Color Multicolor
ReleaseDate 2018-03-06
UnitCount 1
EANs 9781612196800

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