Bibliograph

Culture as weapon, the art of influence in everyday life, Nato Thompson

Type

Label

Culture as weapon, the art of influence in everyday life, Nato Thompson

Language

eng

Bibliography note

Includes bibliographical references

Index

no index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

Culture as weapon

Nature of contents

bibliography

Oclc number

965543797

Responsibility statement

Nato Thompson

Sub title

the art of influence in everyday life

Summary

"One of the country's leading activist curators explores how corporations and governments have used art and culture to mystify and manipulate us. The production of culture was once the domain of artists, but beginning in the early 1900s, the emerging fields of public relations, advertising and marketing transformed the way the powerful communicate with the rest of us. A century later, the tools are more sophisticated than ever, the onslaught more relentless. In Culture as Weapon, acclaimed curator and critic Nato Thompson reveals how institutions use art and culture to ensure profits and constrain dissent--and shows us that there are alternatives. An eye-opening account of the way advertising, media, and politics work today, Culture as Weapon offers a radically new way of looking at our world"--, Provided by publisher

Classification