Jackson, Shannon, 1967-

Social works : performing art, supporting publics / Shannon Jackson. - New York : Routledge, 2011. - x, 299 p. : ill. ; 23 cm.

Includes bibliographical references (p. 272-286) and index.

Performance, aesthetics and support -- Quality time : social practice debates in contemporary art -- High maintenance : the sanitization ethics of Mierle Laderman Ukeles -- Staged management : theatricality and institutional critique -- Tech support : labour in the global theatres of the Builders Association and Rimini Protokoll -- Welfare melancholia : the public works of Michael Elmgreen and Ingar Dragset -- Unfederated theatre : Paul Chan waiting in New Orleans -- Epilogue : dependent care.

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Arts and society--History--20th century.
Arts and society--History--21st century.
Arts audiences--History--20th century.
Arts audiences--History--21st century.

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