A Village Voice Best Book of the Year, this collection of essays covers a range of topics, from "Education and Democracy" and "Politics and Election" to "Cultural Participation" and "AIDS and Democracy: A Case Study." With contributions by: Erma Bombeck - Noam Chomsky - Alexander Cockburn - David Deitcher - Lisa Duggan - Barbara Ehrenreich - Deirdre English - Stuart Ewen - Henry Louis Gates Jr. - Group Material - bell hooks - Gary Indiana - Catherine Lord - Bill Moyers - William Olander - Mark P. Petracca - Yvonne Rainer - Vito Russo - Ira Shor - Tom Stoddard - Polly Thistlethwaite - Brian Wallis Discussions in Contemporary Culture is an award-winning series co-published with the Dia Center for the Arts in New York City. These volumes offer rich and timely discourses on a broad range of cultural issues and critical theory. The collection covers topics from urban planning to popular culture and literature, and continually attracts a wide and dedicated readership. Brian Wallis is chief curator and director of exhibitions at the International Center for Photography (ICP) and is on the faculty of the ICP-Bard Program. He was previously a curator at the New Museum of Contemporary Art in New York and a senior editor at Art in America . He is the editor of Democracy: Discussions in Contemporary Culture #5 and If You Lived Here: The City in Art, Theory, and Social Activism: Discussions in Contemporary Culture #6 by Martha Rosler, both published by The New Press. Used Book in Good Condition