Autonomy : the social ontology of art under capitalism / Nicholas Brown

Author:: Brown, Nicholas, 1971-
Published:: Durham : Duke University Press, 2019.
Copyright Date:: ©2019
Physical Description:: x, 219 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (chiefly color) ; 23 cm

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Contents:

Photography as film and film as photography -- The novel and the ruse of the work -- Citation and affect in music -- Modernism on TV.

Summary:

In 'Autonomy' Nicholas Brown theorizes the historical and theoretical argument for art's autonomy from its acknowledged character as a commodity. Refusing the position that the distinction between art and the commodity has collapsed, Brown demonstrates how art can, in confronting its material determinations, suspend the logic of capital by demanding interpretive attention. He applies his readings of Marx, Hegel, Adorno, and Jameson to a range of literature, photography, music, television, and sculpture, from Cindy Sherman's photography and the novels of Ben Lerner and Jennifer Egan to 'The Wire' and the music of the White Stripes. He demonstrates that through their attention and commitment to form, such artists turn aside the determination posed by the demand of the market, thereby defeating the foreclosure of meaning entailed in commodification. In so doing, he offers a new theory of art that prompts a rethinking of the relationship between art, critical theory, and capitalism.

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History

ISBN:

9781478001249 hardcover ; alkaline paper
1478001240 hardcover ; alkaline paper
9781478001591 paperback ; alkaline paper
1478001593 paperback ; alkaline paper

Bibliography Note:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

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