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Circus Americanus (Paperback, New): Ralph Rugoff

Circus Americanus (Paperback, New)

Ralph Rugoff

Series: Haymarket

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Circus Americanus is a riotous excursion through America's changing visual landscape. Exploring its remote corners and bizarre byways, Ralph Rugoff takes us on a tour of theme park slums and mystical police cars, futurist war and the "aesthetics of safe chaos." With an idiosyncratic eye for detail, he maps a culture in which "reality" has become just another theme, revealing an America much stranger than the glamorous kitsch of its surfaces. Whether he is writing about Las Vegas casinos, forensic cartoons, the enigma of Napoleon's preserved penis or the aesthetics of sewage treatment, Rugoff considers everyday marvels with a concern for how we live together in a world beyond belief.

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Imprint: Verso Books
Country of origin: United Kingdom
Series: Haymarket
Release date: November 1995
First published: December 1995
Authors: Ralph Rugoff
Dimensions: 221 x 201 x 15mm (L x W x T)
Format: Paperback
Pages: 220
Edition: New
ISBN-13: 978-1-85984-003-0
Categories: Books > Arts & Architecture > History of art / art & design styles > General
Books > Reference & Interdisciplinary > Interdisciplinary studies > Cultural studies > General
Books > Social sciences > Sociology, social studies > Anthropology > General
Books > Sport & Leisure > Travel & holiday > Travel & holiday guides > Museum, historic sites, gallery & art guides
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LSN: 1-85984-003-5
Barcode: 9781859840030

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