The End of the American Avant Garde: American Social Experience Series [Paperback]

Stuart D. Hobbs (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: January 1, 2000 | ISBN-10: 0814735398 | ISBN-13: 978-0814735398

"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.

Editorial Reviews

Review

"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,

"A significant work for intellectual and cultural historians, this is a tight, . . . focused examination of an important aspect of recent American culture."

-Choice ,

About the Author

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

Product Details

• Paperback: 240 pages
• Publisher: NYU Press (January 1, 2000)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0814735398
• ISBN-13: 978-0814735398
• Product Dimensions: 9 x 5.8 x 0.6 inches
• Shipping Weight: 11.8 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #2,482,360 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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