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The aesthetics of disengagement : contemporary art and depression /
According to the National Institute of Mental Health, more than half of the world's population will have a depressive disorder at some point in their lifetimes. In The Aesthetics of Disengagement Christine Ross shows how contemporary art is a powerful yet largely unacknowledged player in the ar...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Minneapolis :
University of Minnesota Press,
©2006.
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
| Sumario: | According to the National Institute of Mental Health, more than half of the world's population will have a depressive disorder at some point in their lifetimes. In The Aesthetics of Disengagement Christine Ross shows how contemporary art is a powerful yet largely unacknowledged player in the articulation of depression in Western culture, both adopting and challenging scientific definitions of the condition. Ross explores the ways in which contemporary art performs the detached aesthetics of depression, exposing the viewer's loss of connection and ultimately redefining the function of the ima. |
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| Descripción Física: | 1 online resource (xxix, 244 pages) : illustrations |
| Bibliografía: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 203-231) and index. |
| ISBN: | 1299917313 9781299917316 9781452935584 1452935580 0816645388 9780816645381 0816645396 9780816645398 |