0
    • Close Modal
    0 0
    Download high-resolution image

    Culture Class

    Part of Sternberg Press / e-flux journal

    Author Martha Rosler
    Introduction by Stephen Squibb
    Paperback
    $16.00 US
    The MIT Press | Sternberg Press
    4.25"W x 7.06"H x 0.8"D   | 9 oz | 32 per carton
    On sale Sep 06, 2013 | 232 Pages | 9781934105818
    Add to cart Add to list Exam Copies

    In this collection of essays Martha Rosler embarks on a broad inquiry into the economic and historical precedents for today's soft ideology of creativity, with special focus on its elaborate retooling of class distinctions. In the creative city, the neutralization or incorporation of subcultural movements, the organic translation of the gritty into the quaint, and the professionalization of the artist combine with armies of eager freelancers and interns to constitute the friendly user interface of a new social sphere in which, for those who have been granted a place within it, an elaborate retooling of traditional markers of difference has allowed class distinctions to be either utterly dissolved or willfully suppressed. The result is a handful of cities selected for revitalization rather than desertion, where artists in search of cheap rent become the avant-garde pioneers of gentrification, and one no longer asks where all of this came from and how. And it may be for this reason that, for Rosler, it becomes all the more necessary to locate the functioning of power within this new urban paradigm, to find a position from which to make it accountable to something other than its own logic.

    e-flux journal Series edited by Julieta Aranda, Brian Kuan Wood, Anton Vidokle

    Martha Rosler lives and works in Brooklyn, New York. She has taught and lectured on photography since the mid-1970s. Her work was the subject of a major retrospective, "Martha Rosler: Positions in the Life World," in 2000. She is the author of 14 books and numerous essays.
    Martha Rosler View titles by Martha Rosler
    Available for sale exclusive:
    •     Antigua/Barbuda
    •     Australia
    •     Bahamas
    •     Bangladesh
    •     Barbados
    •     Belize
    •     Bermuda
    •     Botswana
    •     Brit.Ind.Oc.Ter
    •     Brit.Virgin Is.
    •     Brunei
    •     Canada
    •     Cayman Islands
    •     Christmas Islnd
    •     Cocos Islands
    •     Dominica
    •     Falkland Islnds
    •     Faroe Islands
    •     Fiji
    •     Gambia
    •     Ghana
    •     Gibraltar
    •     Grenada
    •     Guam
    •     Guyana
    •     India
    •     Jamaica
    •     Kenya
    •     Kiribati
    •     Lesotho
    •     Malawi
    •     Malaysia
    •     Maldives
    •     Mauritius
    •     Minor Outl.Ins.
    •     Montenegro
    •     Montserrat
    •     Mozambique
    •     Myanmar
    •     Namibia
    •     Nauru
    •     Nepal
    •     New Zealand
    •     Nigeria
    •     North Mariana
    •     Pakistan
    •     PapuaNewGuinea
    •     Philippines
    •     Pitcairn Islnds
    •     Puerto Rico
    •     S. Sandwich Ins
    •     Samoa,American
    •     Seychelles
    •     Sierra Leone
    •     Solomon Islands
    •     Somalia
    •     South Africa
    •     Sri Lanka
    •     St. Helena
    •     St. Lucia
    •     St. Vincent
    •     St.Chr.,Nevis
    •     Swaziland
    •     Tanzania
    •     Tonga
    •     Trinidad,Tobago
    •     Turks&Caicos Is
    •     Tuvalu
    •     US Virgin Is.
    •     USA
    •     Uganda
    •     Vanuatu
    •     Yemen
    •     Zambia
    •     Zimbabwe
    Available for sale non-exclusive:
    •     Afghanistan
    •     Aland Islands
    •     Albania
    •     Algeria
    •     Andorra
    •     Angola
    •     Anguilla
    •     Antarctica
    •     Argentina
    •     Armenia
    •     Aruba
    •     Bahrain
    •     Belarus
    •     Benin
    •     Bhutan
    •     Bolivia
    •     Bonaire, Saba
    •     Bosnia Herzeg.
    •     Bouvet Island
    •     Brazil
    •     Burkina Faso
    •     Burundi
    •     Cambodia
    •     Cameroon
    •     Cape Verde
    •     Centr.Afr.Rep.
    •     Chad
    •     Chile
    •     China
    •     Colombia
    •     Comoro Is.
    •     Congo
    •     Cook Islands
    •     Costa Rica
    •     Cuba
    •     Curacao
    •     Dem. Rep. Congo
    •     Djibouti
    •     Dominican Rep.
    •     Ecuador
    •     Egypt
    •     El Salvador
    •     Equatorial Gui.
    •     Eritrea
    •     Ethiopia
    •     Fren.Polynesia
    •     French Guinea
    •     Gabon
    •     Greenland
    •     Guadeloupe
    •     Guatemala
    •     Guinea Republic
    •     Guinea-Bissau
    •     Haiti
    •     Heard/McDon.Isl
    •     Honduras
    •     Hong Kong
    •     Iceland
    •     Indonesia
    •     Iran
    •     Iraq
    •     Israel
    •     Ivory Coast
    •     Japan
    •     Jordan
    •     Kazakhstan
    •     Kuwait
    •     Kyrgyzstan
    •     Laos
    •     Lebanon
    •     Liberia
    •     Libya
    •     Liechtenstein
    •     Macau
    •     Macedonia
    •     Madagascar
    •     Mali
    •     Marshall island
    •     Martinique
    •     Mauritania
    •     Mayotte
    •     Mexico
    •     Micronesia
    •     Moldavia
    •     Monaco
    •     Mongolia
    •     Morocco
    •     New Caledonia
    •     Nicaragua
    •     Niger
    •     Niue
    •     Norfolk Island
    •     North Korea
    •     Norway
    •     Oman
    •     Palau
    •     Palestinian Ter
    •     Panama
    •     Paraguay
    •     Peru
    •     Qatar
    •     Reunion Island
    •     Russian Fed.
    •     Rwanda
    •     Saint Martin
    •     San Marino
    •     SaoTome Princip
    •     Saudi Arabia
    •     Senegal
    •     Serbia
    •     Singapore
    •     Sint Maarten
    •     South Korea
    •     South Sudan
    •     St Barthelemy
    •     St.Pier,Miquel.
    •     Sth Terr. Franc
    •     Sudan
    •     Suriname
    •     Svalbard
    •     Switzerland
    •     Syria
    •     Tadschikistan
    •     Taiwan
    •     Thailand
    •     Timor-Leste
    •     Togo
    •     Tokelau Islands
    •     Tunisia
    •     Turkmenistan
    •     Ukraine
    •     Unit.Arab Emir.
    •     Uruguay
    •     Uzbekistan
    •     Vatican City
    •     Venezuela
    •     Vietnam
    •     Wallis,Futuna
    •     West Saharan
    •     Western Samoa
    Not available for sale:
    •     Austria
    •     Azerbaijan
    •     Belgium
    •     Bulgaria
    •     Croatia
    •     Cyprus
    •     Czech Republic
    •     Denmark
    •     Estonia
    •     Finland
    •     France
    •     Georgia
    •     Germany
    •     Greece
    •     Guernsey
    •     Hungary
    •     Ireland
    •     Isle of Man
    •     Italy
    •     Jersey
    •     Latvia
    •     Lithuania
    •     Luxembourg
    •     Malta
    •     Netherlands
    •     Poland
    •     Portugal
    •     Romania
    •     Slovakia
    •     Slovenia
    •     Spain
    •     Sweden
    •     Turkey
    •     United Kingdom

    About

    In this collection of essays Martha Rosler embarks on a broad inquiry into the economic and historical precedents for today's soft ideology of creativity, with special focus on its elaborate retooling of class distinctions. In the creative city, the neutralization or incorporation of subcultural movements, the organic translation of the gritty into the quaint, and the professionalization of the artist combine with armies of eager freelancers and interns to constitute the friendly user interface of a new social sphere in which, for those who have been granted a place within it, an elaborate retooling of traditional markers of difference has allowed class distinctions to be either utterly dissolved or willfully suppressed. The result is a handful of cities selected for revitalization rather than desertion, where artists in search of cheap rent become the avant-garde pioneers of gentrification, and one no longer asks where all of this came from and how. And it may be for this reason that, for Rosler, it becomes all the more necessary to locate the functioning of power within this new urban paradigm, to find a position from which to make it accountable to something other than its own logic.

    e-flux journal Series edited by Julieta Aranda, Brian Kuan Wood, Anton Vidokle

    Creators

    Martha Rosler lives and works in Brooklyn, New York. She has taught and lectured on photography since the mid-1970s. Her work was the subject of a major retrospective, "Martha Rosler: Positions in the Life World," in 2000. She is the author of 14 books and numerous essays.
    Martha Rosler View titles by Martha Rosler

    Other books in this series

    Penguin Random House Comics Retail

    © 2026 Penguin Random House

    Back to Top
     Penguin Random House Comics Retail
    0
    Pull List (0)