Through conversations with 21 notable American artists and intellectuals, including Saul Bellow, Maya Angelou, Jonathan Franzen, Spike Lee, and Gore Vidal, this collection presents a view of the United States that contrasts with the one increasingly subscribed to by the rest of the world. Rather than an arrogant and aggressive monolith, this collection of interviews demonstrates a creative, pacifist segment of America that uses art and civil compromise to combat the imperialism being expounded by its politicians and that continues to tackle decisive and difficult issues such as the role of the United States in the world, the motivations of the governing class, social conflicts, and the destiny of a divided country. A final chapter focuses on emerging figures of various ethnicities that have found in the United States a place in which to express themselves freely and who consider art a means to raise political awareness, to rebel, to dissent, and most importantly, to unify.
�A trav矇s de conversaciones con 21 reconocidos artistas e intelectuales americanos, incluyendo Saul Bellow, Maya Angelou, Jonathan Franzen, Spike Lee y Gore Vidal, esta colecci籀n presenta una vista de los Estados Unidos distinta a la que cada vez m獺s se va difundiendo en el resto del mundo. En vez de un monolito prepotente y agresivo,�esta recopilaci籀n de�entrevistas muestra un segmento de Am矇rica creativo y pacifista que usa el arte y el compromiso civil para combatir el imperialismo de sus gobernantes y que contin繳a plante獺ndose cuestiones decisivas como el papel de los Estados Unidos en el mundo, las motivaciones de la clase gobernante actual, los conflictos sociales y el destino de un pa穩s dividido. El cap穩tulo final se dedica a figuras emergentes de diversas etnias que han conseguido en los Estados Unidos un lugar donde poder expresarse con libertad y quienes consideran al arte un medio de concienciaci籀n pol穩tica, de disconformidad y de denuncia pero, sobre todo, de uni籀n.
