Outrage

Katherine Giuffre specializes in the sociology of art and culture and studies social networks and communities, as well as Polynesian society. She is the author of Communities and Networks (2013), and Collective Creativity (2009), among other publications. She is Professor Emerita of Sociology at Colorado College.

"Outrage will teach readers to think about modernity in new ways—as an era in which public disputes about art shifted our imaginations of society and our ability to critique the status quo. Giuffre's book is the newest and best addition to a tradition of academic scholarship on cultural conflict and the politics of the arts."—Jennifer Lena, Columbia University "Giuffre persuasively and engagingly documents how artistically transgressive works not only violate the conventions of their own genres, but also offend contemporary sensibilities. They spur outrage in the short run, whether intentionally or inadvertently, but they also respond to and catalyze long-term social and moral change. A terrific work that shows how art and politics are recurrently intertwined."—Paul McLean, Rutgers University "Though historical in focus, the themes of [Outrage] remain relevant today, including gender transgression, obscenity, identity politics, and censorship.... Recommended."—T. Nygard, CHOICE

• 1. Symbolic Warfare in the Field of Culture2. "A Morbid Love of the Coarse, Not to Say the Brutal": The Novels of the Brontë Sisters3. "The Summit of Vulgarity": The Paintings of the Impressionists4. "An Eccentric, Dreamy, Half-Educated Recluse": The Poetry of Emily Dickinson5. "Delirious Cocksuckers": Le Sacre du printemps and the Ballets Russes6. "Damnable, Hellish Filth from the Gutter of a Human Mind": James Joyce's Ulysses7. "No Theme, No Message, No Thought": Zora Neale Hurston's Their Eyes Were Watching God8. A Permanent Revolution