Cantor, Jay.

On Giving Birth to One’s Own Mother – Essays on Art and Society.

First Edition. New York, Alfred A. Knopf, 1991. 15cm x 22 cm. 177 pages. Original Hardcover with illustrated dustjacket in protective collector’s Mylar. Deckled fore edge. Red painted top edge. Very good+ condition with only minor signs of external wear. Very slight discoloration to margins of endpapers and pastedowns only.

Includes for example the following essays: Happy Birthday, Mickey Mouse / Eating Disorder / Blood for the Ghosts etc.

Essays discuss American leftist thought of the sixties, the role of the artist, documentary films about the Holocaust, historical fiction, jazz, and the marriage of low and high art (Publisher’s info on the dustjacket)

• Keywords: American Writer · Art and Society · Critique · Essays · Literary Criticism – Rare · Philosophy Rare
• Language: English
• ISBN: 978-0394587523
• Inventory Number: 60515AB

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