· The author -- Dan Fox, editor of a literary and art magazine -- seems to be sick of the word "pretentious," and so he sets out of examine it and strip it of its insult value. His argument boils down to this: pretentiousness is someone trying to be better than they are, and t This is more of an essay, than a book/5. Pretentiousness: Why it Matters unpacks the uses and abuses of the term, tracing its connections to theatre, politics and class. From method acting to vogueing balls in Harlem, from Brian Eno to normcore, Fox draws on a wide range of references in advocating critical imagination and open-mindedness over knee-jerk accusations of elitism or simple fear of the new and the different. · “More than being part of an “acceptable creative act,” for Fox pretentiousness is integral as an engine of self-creation — and we should all be more forgiving of it, at least sometimes.” — Flash Art “In Pretentiousness, British author Dan Fox writes an unpretentious and effective overview of the role of pretense in the artsBrand: Coffee House Press.
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Pretentiousness by Dan Fox review – why anti-intellectualism is the real snobbery. Calling something pretentious is lazy, vacuous and smug – after all, it’s good at times for our ambition to. Pretentiousness: Why it Matters unpacks the uses and abuses of the term, tracing its connections to theatre, politics and class. From method acting to vogueing balls in Harlem, from Brian Eno to normcore, Fox draws on a wide range of references in advocating critical imagination and open-mindedness over knee-jerk accusations of elitism or simple fear of the new and the different. The author -- Dan Fox, editor of a literary and art magazine -- seems to be sick of the word "pretentious," and so he sets out of examine it and strip it of its insult value. His argument boils down to this: pretentiousness is someone trying to be better than they are, and t This is more of an essay, than a book.
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