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  • Nelson, Maggie, 1973-
     
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  • Cruelty in art.
     
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  • Art -- Moral and ethical aspects.
     
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    The art of cruelty : a reckoning / Maggie Nelson.
    by Nelson, Maggie, 1973-
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    New York : W.W. Norton & Co., c2011.
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  • Cruelty in art.
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  • Art -- Moral and ethical aspects.
  • ISBN: 
    0393072150 (hardcover)
    9780393072150 (hardcover)
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    288 p. ; 22 cm.
    Edition: 
    1st ed.
    Contents: 
    Styles of imprisonment -- Theaters of cruelty -- Great to watch -- Catharsis, captivity -- Everything is nice -- They're only dolls -- The golden rule -- Nobody said no -- The brutality of fact -- Who we are -- A situation of meat -- Precariousness -- Inflicted -- Face -- Rings of action -- Rarer and better things.
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    Discusses whether the brutal imagery present in reality and entertainment will shock society into a less alienated state and help create a just social order or whether focusing on representations of cruelty makes society more cruel.
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    Hana P/S LibraryAdult Nonfiction700.453 NelsonpbChecked InAdd Copy to MyList
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