The Lure of the Local: Senses of Place in a Multicentered Society
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| Rating | : | 4.85 (715 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 1565842480 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 328 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2013-12-14 |
| Language | : | English |
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-- Copyright ©1997, Kirkus Associates, LP. (Only lack of money keeps them from doing so, she writes, quoting a colleague who observes that ``poverty is a wonderful preservative of the past.'') Some of her themes--for instance, ``alienated displacement'' and ``the possibility of a multicentered society,'' whatever that is--grow a little wearisome as they are repeated throughout the text. Art critic Lippard (Mixed Blessings, not reviewed, etc.) posits that Americans are rapidly losing their sense of place and their local loyalties as a result of the country's fin-de-siŠcle homogenization, courtesy of look-alike Walmarts and McDonald's,
Lippard weaves together cultural studies, history, geography, and contemporary art to provide a fascinating examination of our multiple senses of place.Divided into five parts—Around Here; Manipulating Memory; Down to Earth: Land Use; The Last Frontiers: Cities and Suburbs; and Looking Around—the book extends far beyond the confines of the art worlds, including issues of community, land use, perceptions of nature, how we produce the landscape, and how the landscape affects our lives. In The Lure of the Local Lucy R. Praised by critics and readers alike, she consistently makes unexpected connect
LShe proposes many interesting ideas and for reading it is L4ne She proposes many interesting ideas and for reading it is enjoyable however it is not a scholarly expose on place and her sources are scantily documented. ne said She proposes many interesting ideas and for reading it is. She proposes many interesting ideas and for reading it is enjoyable however it is not a scholarly expose on place and her sources are scantily documented. M. Greenwald said Great resource for interdisciplinary artists. If you are a person who cares about places, an artist who is looking for ideas on how to incorporate a place-based ethic in your work, a nomad who longs for a greater sense of rootedness, or an environmentalist who wants to explore new ways to communicate, this is the book for you. The depth and breadth of Lucy Lippard's experience of America is impressive. She has lived in Maine, New York City, and New Mexico, and has collected stories of artists who are reflecting on their relationship to the place they live from around the country. The book is incredibly diverse, looking a. S. Pactor said Not Just for Writers!. I picked this bad boy up at the museumstore at SF Moma. It is a handsome, weighty book, with a beautiful, interesting cover. The book made a good impression on me.My wife and I decided to buy this book because we have been interested in the theme of "landscape as witness". This is a concept we read about in Nancy Spector's accompanying essay in the Cremaster Cycle Guggeinheim museum catalog. Basically, the idea as it is expressed in Barney interpreted by Spector is that the landscape is a character in the narrative created by art.As a brief survey of Amazon.com will reveal, L