Grounds Of Dispute: Art History, Cultural Politics and the Discursive Field

by John Tagg

Looks at art history as it relates to cultural politics and practices. The book itself begins with art as it developed its historical perspective in 1985 and journeys through Marxist and feminist influences, photography and technological change, the discursive field and post-modernism.

232 pages, Paperback

First published January 1, 1992

About the author

ohn Tagg is Professor of Art History and Comparative Literature at Binghamton University. His books, which often focus on the relationship between photography and power, include The Burden of Representation: Essays of Photographies and Histories, Grounds of Dispute: Art History, Cultural Politics and the Discursive Field, and The Disciplinary Frame: Photographic Regimens and the Capture of Meaning.