The late Dwight Conquergoodrsquo;s research has inspired an entire generation of scholars invested in performance as a meaningful paradigm to understand human interaction; especially between structures of power and the disenfranchised. Conquergoodrsquo;s research laid the groundwork for others to engage issues of ethics in ethnographic research; performance as a meaningful paradigm for ethnography; and case studies that demonstrated the dissolution of theory/practice binaries. Cultural Struggles is the first gathering of Conquergoodrsquo;s work in a single volume; tracing the evolution of one scholarrsquo;s thinking across a career of scholarship; teaching; and activism; and also the first collection of its kind to bring together theory; method; and complete case studies.The collection begins with an illuminating introduction by E. Patrick Johnson and ends with commentary by other scholars (Micaela di Leonardo; Judith Hamera; Shannon Jackson; D. Soyini Madison; Lisa Merrill; Della Pollock; and Joseph Roach); engaging aspects of Conquergoodrsquo;s work and providing insight into how that work has withstood the test of time; as scholars still draw on his research to inform their current interests and methods.
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1 of 1 people found the following review helpful. full of great insightsBy Cristobal C.After finishing my MFA a year ago; i became increasingly worried with a very simple question that I wasnt expecting to have with a grad degree: What is Art now?Im glad I read this book; as it gave me the perspective grad school didnt gave me on the nature of art in a globalized; networked enviroment. It addressed many of my prejudices about non-material art; strenghtening my conceptual position and... although this is not the objective of the book; it inspired me on reinventing myself as an artist.0 of 0 people found the following review helpful. but is very useful for the contemporary artistBy MagdalenaThis book is small in size but dense in content. I found it took couple of reads to really absorb; but is very useful for the contemporary artist.0 of 0 people found the following review helpful. Five StarsBy J. Davislucid; relevant and well written. required reading.
