| The Conspiracy of Good Taste: William Morris, Cecil Sharp and Clough Williams-Ellis and the repression of working class culture in the C20th New with Some C Edition Contributor(s): Szczelkun, Stefan (Author) |
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ISBN: 1870736710 ISBN-13: 9781870736718 Publisher: Stefan Szczelkun OUR PRICE: $16.20 Product Type: Paperback Published: January 2018 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Art | History - General - Art | Popular Culture - Philosophy | Aesthetics |
| Physical Information: 0.45" H x 6" W x 9" (0.67 lbs) 164 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: "The Conspiracy of Good Taste is a passionate analysis of the way working class culture has been appropriated and sanitised by middle class mediators of taste. Using the case studies of William Morris, Cecil Sharp and Clough William-Ellis, Szczelkun challenges their often widely seen role as enlightened political artists. He persuasively argues that there is a classist agenda that includes concepts of good taste that amount to oppression of true working class culture. The work also grapples with class identity as a context for the author's critique. The book will certainly have you thinking carefully about taste, class and who dictates what is accepted culture. The book is tightly written, very readable and is a good start to exploring Szczelkun's other work." Richard Turner |
Contributor Bio(s): Szczelkun, Stefan: - An artist who has worked in open collectives since the late Sixties. In the Eighties he started 'Working Press; books by and about working class artists' with Graham Harwood. This book came out of that period of work. |