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Although art may sometimes shock us, so do many recent attempts to regulate it. Contemporary art displays new values and beliefs that may stun, disturb, or even frighten. In Chicago, a painting of the late Mayor Harold Washington in women's underwear was seized by outraged politicians and the police. The National Endowment for the Arts rescinded funds it had pledged to a New York City exhibit confronting the devastation of the AIDS epidemic. The Corcoran Gallery balked at mounting a retrospective of Robert Mapplethorpe's photographs, some of which depicted homoerotic scenes or nude children. In Florida, a music store owner and "2 Live Crew" were prosecuted for the alleged obscenity of a record album. Steven Dubin guides us through the opposing artistic, cultural, political, and social issues bared by events such as these. Drawing upon extensive interviews, a broad sampling of media accounts, legal documents, and his own observations of important events, Dubin surveys visual art, photography, and film, as well as artistic upstarts such as video and performance art.

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CONTENTS

Acknowledgements = ⅸ

Introduction = 1

1. The Politics Of Diversion = 12

2. The Bachelor Stripped Bare = 26

3. Hue And Cry = 44

4. Spiritual Tests = 79

5. Rally 'Round The Flag = 102

6. The Body As Spectacle = 125

7. Gay Images And The Social Construction Of Acceptability = 159

8. AIDS : Bearing Witness = 197

9. Defenders Of The Faith : Twentieth Century Puritans and Connoisseurs = 226

10. Artists En Garde = 249

11. The Government As Patron : Angel Or Demon? = 278

12. The Art Of Controversy = 294

Notes = 313

Index = 369