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The End of the American Avant Garde Stuart D. Hobbs

The End of the American Avant Garde By Stuart D. Hobbs

The End of the American Avant Garde by Stuart D. Hobbs

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In this thought provoking work, Hobbs traces the avant garde from its origins to its eventual appropriation by a conservative political agenda, consumer culture and the institutional world of art.

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The End of the American Avant Garde: American Social Experience Series by Stuart D. Hobbs

By 1966, the composer Virgil Thomson would write, Truth is, there is no avant-garde today. How did the avant garde dissolve, and why? In this thought-provoking work, Stuart D. Hobbs traces the avant garde from its origins to its eventual appropriation by a conservative political agenda, consumer culture, and the institutional world of art.

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A significant work for intellectual and cultural historians, this is a tight, . . . focused examination of an important aspect of recent American culture. * Choice *
Hobbs provides ample grounds for readers to ponder the interplay between particular movements in the arts and a larger American culture in the late 1950s and early 1960s. * American Historical Review *

About Stuart D. Hobbs

A historian with the Ohio Historical Society, Stuart D. Hobbs received his Ph.D. in American History from Ohio State University.

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NLS9780814735398
9780814735398
0814735398
The End of the American Avant Garde: American Social Experience Series by Stuart D. Hobbs
Stuart D. Hobbs
New
Paperback
New York University Press
2000-01-01
242
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