The Popular Avant-Garde

The avant-garde has been popular for some time, but its popularity has tended to fly under the radar. This popular avant-garde, conceived as the meeting ground of the avant-garde and popular, avoids the divorce of art and praxis of which the avant-garde has been accused. The Popular Avant-Garde takes stock of the debates about both the historical (modernist) and posterior avant-gardes, and sets them in relation to popular culture and art forms. With a critical introduction that examines the conc