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Pretentiousness: Why It Matters

By (author) Dan Fox

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Pretentiousness is the engine oil of culture; the essential lubricant in the development of all arts, high, low, or middle. Pretentiousness is for anyone who has braved being different, whether that’s making a stand against artistic consensus or running the gauntlet of the last bus home dressed differently from everyone else. It’s an essential ingredient in pop music and high art. Why do we choose accusations of elitism over open-mindedness? What do our anxieties about “pretending” say about us?

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Publisher | Coffee House Press
Published date | 19 May 2016
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Format | Paperback / softback
Pages | 144
Dimensions | 191 x 127 x 0mm (L x W x H)
Weight | 156g
ISBN | 978-1-5668-9428-9
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BISAC | art / history / general

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