Regarding the Popular
Author | : Sascha Bru |
Publisher | : Walter de Gruyter |
Total Pages | : 501 |
Release | : 2011-11-30 |
ISBN-10 | : 9783110274691 |
ISBN-13 | : 3110274698 |
Rating | : 4/5 (91 Downloads) |
Book excerpt: Regarding the Popular charts the complex relationship between the avant-gardes and modernisms on the one hand and popular culture on the other. Covering (neo-)avant-gardists and modernists from various European countries, this second volume in the series European Avant-Garde and Modernism Studies explores the nature of so-called “low” culture, dealing with aspects as diverse as the everyday and the folkloric. Regarding the Popular charts the many ways in which the allegedly “high” modernists and avant-gardists looked at and represented the “low”. As such, this book will appeal to all those with an interest in the dynamic of modern experimental arts and literatures.