{"product_id":"culture-as-weapon-nato-thompson-9781612196800","title":"Culture as Weapon: The Art of Influence in Everyday Life","description":"One of the country's leading activist curators explores how corporations and governments have used art and culture to mystify and manipulate us. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThe production of culture was once the domain of artists, but beginning in the early 1900s, the emerging fields of public relations, advertising and marketing transformed the way the powerful communicate with the rest of us. A century later, the tools are more sophisticated than ever, the onslaught more relentless. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIn \u003ci\u003eCulture as Weapon\u003c\/i\u003e, acclaimed curator and critic Nato Thompson reveals how institutions use art and culture to ensure profits and constrain dissent--and shows us that there are alternatives. An eye-opening account of the way advertising, media, and politics work today, \u003ci\u003e Culture as Weapon \u003c\/i\u003eoffers a radically new way of looking at our world.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Nato Thompson\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1612196802\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781612196800\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Melville House Publishing\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 03\/06\/2018\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 288\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.50lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.20h x 5.50w x 0.70d","brand":"Nato Thompson","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":43939156590847,"sku":"9781612196800","price":16.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/products\/img_feaa4d1d-8f91-47ae-a569-9dc7e4007c04.jpg?v=1681439828","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/culture-as-weapon-nato-thompson-9781612196800","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}