Zócalo Public SquareBecause Ezra Pound Isn’t A Crowd Pleaser – Zócalo Public Square https://legacy.zocalopublicsquare.org Ideas Journalism With a Head and a Heart Mon, 21 Oct 2024 07:01:54 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.4 Because Ezra Pound Isn’t A Crowd Pleaser https://legacy.zocalopublicsquare.org/2012/10/24/because-ezra-pound-isnt-a-crowd-pleaser/ideas/up-for-discussion/ https://legacy.zocalopublicsquare.org/2012/10/24/because-ezra-pound-isnt-a-crowd-pleaser/ideas/up-for-discussion/#comments Thu, 25 Oct 2012 01:25:32 +0000 Zocalo https://legacy.zocalopublicsquare.org/?p=41736 When it comes to choosing between The Jersey Shore and a Fellini film, more people will choose The Jersey Shore. Same with hip hop lyrics and a modernist poem, or street graffiti and a piece of postmodern video art. Should we care that fewer and fewer people care to be challenged and inspired by the images, stories, and music they consume? In advance of social critic Camille Paglia’s visit, we asked people who think about arts and culture the following question: Is there still a place today for “high” art?

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