Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents v
3. Introduction: The Art as Theory / Theory and Art Conference 1
4. Part 1: Context
5. Bewitched, Bothered, And Bewildered 23
6. Back to the Future: The Sequel 33
7. Theorizing Culturalism: From Cultural Policies to Identity Politics and Back 57
8. In Defence of the Realm: Public Controversy and the Apologetics of Art 79
9. What Counts as Culture 101
10. The Writing on the Wall 115
11. Part 2: Identities
12. Bodies of Theory, Bodies of Pain: Some Silences 133
13. Imitating Authorities: Theory, Gender, and Photographic Discourse 157
14. The Exclusions of Theory: Feminist Ambivalence in Art Practice and Criticism 177
15. Part 3: Visions
16. An Identity in Crisis: The Artist and New Technologies 195
17. Spectatorship in Cyberspace: The Global Embrace 223
18. The Sublime: The Limits of Vision and the Inflation of Commentary 243
19. Introduction, Dissemination, and Education: Michel Foucault, “Integrated Intellectuals” and Writing on the Visual Arts in English Canada 257
20. Synthetic Magic/Virtual Reality 283
21. Art and Theory: The Politics of the Invisible 297
22. Appendix: Statement of Concerns Sent to Presenters 315
23. Notes on Contributors 317