{"product_id":"contemporary-revolutions-turning-back-to-the-future-in-21st-century-literature-and-art-paperback","title":"Contemporary Revolutions: Turning Back to the Future in 21st-Century Literature and Art - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eSusan Stanford Friedman\u003c\/b\u003e (Editor)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eReturning to revolution's original meaning of 'cycle', \u003ci\u003eContemporary Revolutions \u003c\/i\u003eexplores how 21st-century writers, artists, and performers re-engage the arts of the past to reimagine a present and future encompassing revolutionary commitments to justice and freedom. Dealing with histories of colonialism, slavery, genocide, civil war, and gender and class inequities, essays examine literature and arts of Africa, Europe, the Middle East, the Pacific Islands, and the United States. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThe broad range of contemporary writers and artists considered include fabric artist Ellen Bell; poets Selena Tusitala Marsh and Antje Krog; Syrian artists of the civil war and Sana Yazigi's creative memory web site about the war; street artist Bahia Shehab; theatre installation artist William Kentridge; and the recycles of Virginia Woolf by multi-media artist Kabe Wilson, novelist W. G. Sebald, and the contemporary trans movement.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eSusan Stanford Friedman \u003c\/b\u003eis Hilldale Professor of the Humanities and the Virginia Woolf Professor of English and Women's Studies at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, USA. Her recent books include \u003ci\u003ePlanetary Modernisms: Provocations on Modernity Across Time\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eComparison: Theories, Approaches, Uses \u003c\/i\u003e(with Rita Felski). Her work has been translated into ten languages.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 264\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.54 x 9.21 x 6.14 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e April 30, 2020\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47457895317757,"sku":"9781350160231","price":91.51,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/3414\/0157\/files\/eWI4b0FyenQxeC9KUUFYUU9obGxpdz09.webp?v=1777248755","url":"https:\/\/booktolia.com\/products\/contemporary-revolutions-turning-back-to-the-future-in-21st-century-literature-and-art-paperback","provider":"booktolia","version":"1.0","type":"link"}