"This collection is a real testimonial to the intelligence of the editing of "Afterimage," a journal that has showcased throughtful critics and commentators for years."--Patricia Aufderheide, American University
Inhaltsverzeichnis
Acknowledgments vii
Ongoing Negotiations: Afterimage and the Analysts of Activist Art / Grant H. Kester 1
The Politics of Patronage
Enlightened Self-Interest: The Avant-Garde in the '80s / Richard Bolton 23
White Men Can't Program: The Contradictions of Multiculturalism / Darrell Moore 51
Fantasies of Oppositionality / Coco Fusco 60
The Mythology of Difference: Vulgar Identity Politics at the Whitney / Charles A. Wright Jr. 76
Theses on Defunding / Martha Rosler 94
Rhetorical Questions: The Alternative Arts Sector and the Imaginary Public / Grant H. Kester 103
Whose Multiculturalism? PBS, the Public, and Privilege / Mable Haddock and Chiquita Mullins Lee 136
Video Activism and Critical Pedagogy: Sexuality at the End of the Rainbow Curriculum / Brian Goldfarb 148
Activism and Oppositionality
Cultural Struggle and Educational Activism / David Trend 169
Video, AIDS, and Activism / Ann Cvetkovich 182
Early Newsreel: The Construction of a Political Imaginary for the Left / Michael Renov 199
Interview with Adrian Piper / Maurice Berger 215
Video and Electoral Appeal / Patricia Thomson 232
Fetal Tissue: Reproductive Rights and Activist Video / Patricia R. Zimmerman 248
Olympia's Maid: Reclaiming Black Female Subjectivity / Lorraine O'Grady 268
Fault Lines: Homophobic Innovation in Gay Rights, Special Rights / Ioannis Mookas 287
Contributors 305
Index 307
