Outlaw representation : censorship & homosexuality in twentieth-century American art /

Instead of acquiescing to attacks on their work as indecent or obscene, these artists used the outlaw status of homosexuality to propose new forms of social, sexual, and creative life." "Outlaw Representation includes close to 200 striking images, ranging from the art of celebrated figures...

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Main Author: Meyer, Richard, 1966-
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2002.
Series:Ideologies of desire.
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Summary:Instead of acquiescing to attacks on their work as indecent or obscene, these artists used the outlaw status of homosexuality to propose new forms of social, sexual, and creative life." "Outlaw Representation includes close to 200 striking images, ranging from the art of celebrated figures such as Andy Warhol and Robert Mapplethorpe to physique-magazine photographs and gay liberation posters. Throughout, images that once provoked censorship now elicit close visual analysis and careful historical investigation. Engagingly written and sweepingly researched, Outlaw Representation promises to be a landmark in the study of twentieth-century American art, politics, and sexuality."--Jacket.
Physical Description:x, 376 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 26 cm.
Bibliography:Includes bibliographical references (pages 347-360) and index.
ISBN:0195107608
9780195107609
0195107616
9780195107616