Pretentiousness: Why it Matters

Name: Pretentiousness: Why it Matters
Brand: Fitzcarraldo Editions
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By Dan Fox

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What is pretentiousness? Why do we despise it? And more controversially: why is it vital to a thriving culture? In this brilliant, passionate essay, Dan Fox argues that it has always been an essential mechanism of the arts, from the most wildly successful pop music and fashion through to the most recondite avenues of literature and the visual arts. Pretentiousness: Why it Matters unpacks the uses and abuses of the term, tracing its connections to theatre, politics and class, advocating critical imagination over knee-jerk accusations of elitism or simple fear of the new and the different. This book is a timely defence of pretentiousness as a necessity for innovation and diversity in our culture.

Product details

Binding:

Paperback

Edition:

1

Number of Pages:

176

Release Date:

2024-04-17

Publication Date:

2024-04-17

Publisher:

Fitzcarraldo Editions

Languages:

Published: English, Original: English

ISBN10:

1804270938

GPSR Manufacturer Reference:

[email protected]

Height:

19.8 cm

Width:

11.5 cm

Thickness:

1.1 cm

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