{"product_id":"1996","title":"1996","description":"\u003cp\u003eIt was the best of times, it was the worst of times. It was… 1996—a year artist Matt Keegan proposes an in-depth study of, in this multivocal, multi-layered publication. It aims at, as he puts it, “a critical analysis of how we record our shared histories so that future audiences and readers may build on them; the contributions in this volume attest to how things have changed in our lifetimes and, relatedly, to how the past gets rewritten.”\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThrough interviews, original texts, and republished ones, as well as newspapers clips, reproductions of ads, magazine covers, or artworks, \u003cem\u003e1996 \u003c\/em\u003eaims at re\/de\/constructing the spirit of an era, focusing mostly on the USA, and considering first and foremost that year as pivotal moment in political ideology, marked by a shift to the right in the Democratic Party. Intertwining personal histories and texts with a more sociological or scientific perspective, the book deals, in a way that is as stimulating as it is ambitious, with the AIDS crisis, the formation of Fox News, \u003cem\u003eSassy \u003c\/em\u003emagazine, the Bill Clinton administration, Palestine… not to mention clubbing, Riot grrrls, Matthew Barney. . . \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eWith texts by Alissa Bennett \u0026amp; Mel Ottenberg, Michael Bullock, Dale Corvino, Thomas Eggerer, Svetlana Kitto, Patrick McGraw, Dave McKenzie, Chris Morten, José Muñoz, Debbie Nathan, Yigal Nizri, Nicole Otero \u0026amp; Martine Syms, Mychal Denzel Smith, Natasha Stagg, Lincoln Tobier, Jordan Teicher, and Interviews with Becca Albee, Malik Gaines \u0026amp; Alex Segade, Chitra Ganesh, Pearl Hsiung, Jennifer Moon, Seth Price, Elisabeth Subrin.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Inventory Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":57357619200340,"sku":"A8B-28788","price":35.0,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1072\/9609\/6596\/files\/Scan_20210219_171604.jpg?v=1790812444","url":"https:\/\/after8books.com\/products\/1996","provider":"After 8 Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}