Daniel Worden - Featured Faculty 2018

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Daniel Worden

School of Individualized Study

DANIEL WORDEN IS AN AWARD-WINNING SCHOLAR OF AMERICAN CULTURE. IN HIS WORK, HE SEEKS TO UNDERSTAND HOW ART, COMICS, FILM, LITERATURE, MUSIC, AND TELEVISION EMERGE FROM, REFLECT, AND ENVISION POSSIBILITIES BEYOND THEIR ECONOMIC, POLITICAL, AND SOCIAL MOMENTS. IN RECENT YEARS, HE HAS WRITTEN ABOUT HOW COMICS HAVE A UNIQUE AESTHETIC HISTORY THAT IS DIFFERENT FROM THE RELATED HISTORIES OF FINE ART AND LITERATURE, THE ROLES THAT DOCUMENTARY FILMS AND LITERARY JOURNALISM HAVE PLAYED IN THE EMERGENCE OF ENVIRONMENTALIST POLITICS IN THE UNITED STATES, AND THE CULTURAL STYLES THAT EMERGED IN THE 1960S AND 1970S ALONGSIDE THE NEOLIBERAL IDEOLOGY OF THE FREE MARKET.

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