Difference on display. diversity in art, science and society, et al., Paperback
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Difference on display
EN NWISBN: 9789056627157 bzw. 9056627155, in Englisch, neu.
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Technological progress offers a host of opportunities for people of all sorts, shapes and sizes. Yet everything in our society seems to be dominated by an urge for uniformity. Commerce and the media increasingly dictate how we look at ourselves and at others: perfection is the norm. But what is that norm and who actually meets it? Where do we draw the line? At a facial wrinkle, a depression, at a visible prosthesis, the taking of pills to increase intelligence, at drastic cosmetic surgery? The exhibition offers three lines of approach: perfectibility, consumer culture, and man and technology. Artists create space for diversity with humour and insight. What is normal and who decides that? This question also serves as the guiding principle for the publication. Difference on Display questions normality in a society that elevates perfection to the norm, a society in which the market and the economy produce new groups that are needy of care and (bio-) technological advances present... tijdelijk bij bestelling van euro 20,00 of meer gratis verzending.
Technological progress offers a host of opportunities for people of all sorts, shapes and sizes. Yet everything in our society seems to be dominated by an urge for uniformity. Commerce and the media increasingly dictate how we look at ourselves and at others: perfection is the norm. But what is that norm and who actually meets it? Where do we draw the line? At a facial wrinkle, a depression, at a visible prosthesis, the taking of pills to increase intelligence, at drastic cosmetic surgery? The exhibition offers three lines of approach: perfectibility, consumer culture, and man and technology. Artists create space for diversity with humour and insight. What is normal and who decides that? This question also serves as the guiding principle for the publication. Difference on Display questions normality in a society that elevates perfection to the norm, a society in which the market and the economy produce new groups that are needy of care and (bio-) technological advances present... tijdelijk bij bestelling van euro 20,00 of meer gratis verzending.
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Difference on Display: Diversity in Art, Science and Society (2009)
EN PB US FEISBN: 9789056627157 bzw. 9056627155, in Englisch, 400 Seiten, NAI Publishers, Taschenbuch, gebraucht, Erstausgabe.
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Difference on Display: Diversity in Art, Science and Society (2009)
EN PB NW FEISBN: 9789056627157 bzw. 9056627155, in Englisch, 400 Seiten, NAI Publishers, Taschenbuch, neu, Erstausgabe.
Lieferung aus: Vereinigtes Königreich Großbritannien und Nordirland, Usually dispatched within 24 hours.
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