The Invention of 'Outsider Art' : Experiencing Practices of Othering in Contemporary Art Worlds in the UK /

What does it mean to be called an "outsider"? Marion Scherr investigates structural inequalities and the myth of the Other in Western art history, examining the role of 'Outsider Art' in contemporary art worlds in the UK. By shifting the focus from art world professionals to thos...

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Scherr, Marion, 1988- (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Bielefeld : transcript Verlag, [2022]
Series:Image (Transcript (Firm)) ; v. 212.
Subjects:
Outsider art > Great Britain.
Art > Great Britain.
Artists > Great Britain.
Art Brut.
Art History of the 21st Century.
Cultural Anthropology.
Culture.
Disability.
European Art.
Exclusion.
Fine Arts.
Image.
Stigma.
Art > Grande-Bretagne.
ART / European.
Art
Artists
Outsider art
Great Britain
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Introduction
  • Methodology and Research Design
  • Theoretical Contextualisation of 'Outsider Art' in Cultural Anthropology
  • Historical Readings and Discursive Genealogies of 'Outsider Art'
  • Contemporary Discourses and Media Representations of 'Outsider Art' in the UK
  • Introducing the Individual Behind the 'Outsider'
  • Conclusion.

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