Composing Cultures Modernism, American Literary Studies and the Problem of Culture |
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| Author:
| Aronoff, Eric |
| Series edited by:
| Newman, Robert D. |
| Series title: | Cultural Frames, Framing Culture Ser. |
| ISBN: | 978-0-8139-3484-6 |
| Publication Date: | Oct 2013 |
| Publisher: | University of Virginia Press
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| Book Format: | Paperback |
| List Price: | USD $29.50 |
Book Description:
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The term "culture" has become ubiquitous in both academic and popular conversations, but its usefulness is a point of dispute. Taking the current shift from cultural studies to aesthetics as the latest form of this discussion, Eric Aronoff contends that in American modernism, the concepts of culture and of aesthetics have always been inseparable.
The term "culture" has become ubiquitous in both academic and popular conversations, but its usefulness is a point of dispute. Taking the current shift from cultural studies to aesthetics as the latest form of this discussion, Eric Aronoff contends that in American modernism, the concepts of culture and of aesthetics have always been inseparable.