Federalizing the Muse United States Arts Policy and the National Endowment for the Arts, 1965-1980

Name: Federalizing the Muse United States Arts Policy and the National Endowment for the Arts, 1965-1980
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ISBN: 9780807855461

ISBN-10: 0807855464

ISBN-13: 9780807855461

Edition: 2004

Authors: Donna M. Binkiewicz

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The National Endowment for the Arts is often accused of embodying a liberal agenda within the American government. InFederalizing the Muse, Donna Binkiewicz assesses the leadership and goals of Presidents Kennedy through Carter, as well as Congress and the National Council on the Arts, drawing a picture of the major players who created national arts policy. Using presidential papers, NEA and National Archives materials, and numerous interviews with policy makers, Binkiewicz refutes persisting beliefs in arts funding as part of a liberal agenda by arguing that the NEA's origins in the Cold War era colored arts policy with a distinctly moderate undertone. Binkiewicz's study of visual arts…

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List price: $55.00
Copyright year: 2004
Publisher: University of North Carolina Press
Publication date: 8/23/2004
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 312
Size: 6.12" wide x 9.25" long x 0.70" tall
Weight: 0.990
Language: English



Acknowledgments


Abbreviations


Introduction



Federalizing the Muse



Prelude to Policy



Let Us Begin: Arts Policy during the Kennedy Administration



Let Us Continue: Arts Policy during the Johnson Administration



The Endowment



Creating an Agency: The National Council on the Arts and Its Agenda



A Modernist Vision: Visual Arts Program Administration, 1967-1975



The Improbable Patron: Richard Nixon and the Expansion of Arts Policy



The Pluralist Seventies


Conclusion


Notes


Bibliography


Index