The Lure of the Local: Senses of Place in a Multicentered Society

by Lippard, Lucy R.

• ISBN13: 9781565842472
• ISBN10: 1565842472
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 1997-05-01
• Publisher: Perseus Distribution Services

Summary

In The Lure of the Local, Lucy R. Lippard, one of America's most influential art writers, weaves together cultural studies, history, geography, and contemporary art to provide a fascinating exploration of our multiple senses of place. Expanding her reach far beyond the confines of the art world, she discusses community, land use, perceptions of nature, how we produce the landscape, and how the landscape affects our lives. In this extensively illustrated, beautifully produced volume, she consistently makes unexpected connections between contemporary art and its political, social, and cultural contexts.

Table of Contents

ACKNOWLEDGMENTS	2	(1)
PERMISSIONS	2	(2)
INTRODUCTION: All Over the Place	4	(17)
PART I Around Here	21	(62)
1. Sweet Home	22	(10)
2. Being in Place	32	(7)
3. On the Move	39	(6)
4. In a Word	45	(9)
5. In an Image	54	(7)
6. Out of Place	61	(14)
7. On and Off the Map	75	(8)
PART II Manipulating Memory	83	(40)
1. In Mothballs	84	(22)
2. Marking the Spot	106	(9)
3. Under the Surface	115	(8)
PART III Down to Earth: Land Use	123	(70)
1. Traces	124	(7)
2. Looking West	131	(9)
3. Landbase: Mountains and Arroyos, Grandmothers and Uncles	140	(8)
4. Town and Country and the Futures Man	148	(12)
5. High Floods and Low Waters	160	(9)
6. Death by Geography	169	(9)
7. Out the Picture Window	178	(15)
PART IV The Last Frontiers: City and Suburbs	193	(68)
1. Alternating Currents	194	(7)
2. Ups and Downs	201	(14)
3. Home in the Weeds	215	(10)
4. The Grass on the Other Side of the Fence	225	(17)
5. The Best-Laid Plans...and Public Places	242	(7)
6. Keep Off the Grass	249	(12)
PART V Looking Around	261	(32)
1. Public Art: Old and New Clothes	262	(14)
2. Places with a Present	276	(9)
3. Entering the Big Picture	285	(8)
ENDNOTES	293	(19)
BIBLIOGRAPHY	312	(10)
INDEX	322