Bücher von Carol Becker

Addresses the questions: What might be the role of the artist in the 21st century? How essential is art to the psychic and political well-being of American society?

Cultural critics from around the world offer their views on the issue of the artist's responsibility to society. Their essays address such subjects as: censorship, multiculturalism, communism to capitalism in Eastern Europe, Salman Rushdie, and the ethnic responsibility of young black film-makers.