Art, Labour and American Life: 1930–2020

Hickman, Ben

This book examines labour in the age of US hegemony through the art that has grappled with it; and, vice versa, developments in American culture as they have been shaped by work’s transformations over the last century. Describing the complex relations between cultural forms and the work practices, Art, Labour and American Life explores everything from Fordism to feminization, from whitecollar ascendency to zero hours precarity, as these things have manifested in painting, performance art, poetry, fiction, philosophy and music. Labour, all but invisible in cultural histories of the period, despite the fact most Americans have spent most of their lives doing it, here receives an urgent re-emphasis, as we witness work’s radical redefinition across the world.  

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Published by: Palgrave Macmillan

Publication Date: 2024-10-23

Format: Paperback

ISBN-13: 9783031414923

DOI: 10.1007/978-3-031-41490-9

Dimensions: 210cm x148cm

Pages: 299