A Village Voice Best Book of the Year, this collection of essays covers a range of topics, from Education and Democracy and Politics and Election to Cultural Participation and AIDS and Democracy: A Case Study.

A Village Voice Best Book of the Year, this collection of essays covers a range of topics, from Education and Democracy and Politics and Election to Cultural Participation and AIDS and Democracy: A Case Study.

With contributions by:

3. Erma Bombeck

4. Noam Chomsky

5. Alexander Cockburn

6. David Deitcher

7. Lisa Duggan

8. Barbara Ehrenreich

9. Deirdre English

10. Stuart Ewen

11. Henry Louis Gates Jr.

12. Group Material

13. bell hooks

14. Gary Indiana

15. Catherine Lord

16. Bill Moyers

17. William Olander

18. Mark P. Petracca

19. Yvonne Rainer

20. Vito Russo

21. Ira Shor

22. Tom Stoddard

23. Polly Thistlethwaite

24. Brian Wallis

Discussions in Contemporary Culture is an award-winning series co-published with the Dia Center for the Arts in New York City. These volumes offer rich and timely discourses on a broad range of cultural issues and critical theory. The collection covers topics from urban planning to popular culture and literature, and continually attracts a wide and dedicated readership.