Partisan Canons

Partisan Canons
ISBN-10
0822340852
ISBN-13
9780822340850
Category
Art
Pages
377
Language
English
Published
2007-10-08
Publisher
Duke University Press
Author
Anna Brzyski

Description

Case studies that counter the idea of a transcendent art canon by demonstrating that the content of any and every canon is historically and culturally specific.

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