Barnett Newman : selected writings and interviews
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Barnett Newman : selected writings and interviews
University of California Press, [1992]
- pbk. : alk. paper
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Originally published: New York : Knopf, 1990
Includes index
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Description
Barnett Newman's writings reveal him to be an impassioned and articulate analyst of art and society who never hesitated to make his views known and to stand by them. This book studies Newman's paintings and words, so that the reader can understand his place in the culture of the 20th century.
Table of Contents
List of Tables Acknowledgments Introduction. The Dialectic between Advertising and Activism PART I. CULTURAL CRITICS IN THE AGE OF RADIO Chapter 1. The Psychology of Radio Advertising: Audience Intellectuals and the Resentment of Radio Commercials Chapter 2. "Poisons, Potions, and Profits": Radio Activists and the Origins of the Consumer Movement PART II. CONSUMERS ON THE MARCH: CIO BOYCOTTS, ACTIVE LISTENERS, AND CONSUMER TIME Chapter 3. The Consumer Revolt of "Mr. Average Man": Boake Carter and the CIO Boycott of Philco Radio Chapter 4. Washboard Weepers: Women Writers, Women Listeners, and the Debate over Soap Operas Chapter 5. "I Won't Buy You Anything But Love, Baby": NBC, Donald Montgomery, and the Postwar Consumer Revolt Conclusion. High-Class Hucksters: The Rise and Fall of a Radio Republic Notes Bibliography Index
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