‘People are picking the dumbest fights’: the tortured history of America’s culture wars
Author Isaac Butler explores the origins of the American culture wars, tracing them back to the 1980s and the politicization of art. He argues that the current era represents a second, more intense phase of these societal conflicts.
Christians protest outside the Ziegfeld Theater in Manhattan, against Martin Scorsese's The Last Temptation of Christ in 1988 Christians protest outside the Ziegfeld Theater in Manhattan, against Martin Scorsese's The Last Temptation of Christ in 1988 Books ‘People are picking the dumbest fights’: the tortured history of America’s culture wars In a new book, Isaac Butler goes back to the 1980s to trace how battles started against the arts, from Piss Christ to Mapplethorpe, and looks at what we can learn for today
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