John McEnroe and Deborah Pokinski, art history associate professors, co-edited Critical Perspectives on Art History (Prentice Hall, 2002). The book presents essays with conflicting points of view on specific issues and themes in art history and focuses the reader on critically evaluating the differences in interpretations and approaches. The book also strives to emphasize the role played by art history as a vital discipline closely tied to the most challenging debates in other disciplines and in society at large including post-modernism, feminism, "political correctness," multi-culturalism, and censorship. Contributors include critics, literary scholars, political leaders, journalists, and art historians.
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