This definitive text explores the complex relationship between participation in the arts and participation in politics in America. It traces the American perspective on the arts through the evolution of democratic theory and the historical link with participation in the arts. How the arts affect a political system is explored, along with the question of whether a political system can be beneficial or detrimental to the arts.
Foreword by Mary Rose Oakar Preface Democracy and the Arts: An American Perspective Democratic Theory: General Considerations Participation in the Arts: A Historical Perspective Participatory Democracy and the Arts Democracy and the Arts in Ancient Greece Nineteenth-Century American Democracy and the Arts Twentieth-Century American Democracy Participation in the Arts: Mid-Twentieth-Century America The Role of Participation Appendixes Bibliography Index
TERRI LYNN CORNWELL is Director of Communications and Development for Cleveland State University's Levin College of Urban Affairs and an Adjunct Assistant Professor in the Department of Urban Studies. She has also served as Legislative Director for the Congressional Arts Caucus in Washington, D.C.
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