Synopses & Reviews
Let's Entertain: Life's Guilty Pleasures examines th e] 'spectacularization' of everyday experience through the twin lenses of contemporary art practice and cultural criticism.... and] challenge s] us not to simply renounce entertainment per se, but to understand how its strategies can be used to tell a different kind of story. The story that unfolds is sweet, amusing, and, like a fairy tale, often cruel.--From the book
Table of Contents
Conversation part I / Philippe Vergne, Olukemi Ilesanmi -- Come back to pleasure / Richard Shusterman -- Thoroughly entertained / Dike Blair -- The business of fun / Emma Duncan -- Conversation part II / Philippe Vergne, Olukemi Ilesanmi -- R & D for social life: entertainment retail and the city / Susan G. Davis -- Branding, bar codes, and other assorted end credits / Akiko Busch -- Back roads / Greil Marcus -- Conversation part III / Philippe Vergne, Olukemi Ilesanmi -- Reach out and elect someone / Neil Postman -- A stopgap measure / Mike Kelley -- Celebrity, democracy, power, and play / Joshua Gamson --The art of cyberculture / Pierre Lâevy -- Conversation part IV / Philippe Vergne, Olukemi Ilesanmi -- Art entertainment network / Steve Dietz.