Outsider
The outsider can be artistic and non-artistic. The standard work on outsiderism: Colin Wilson's 1956 The Outsider does not give attention to the non-artistic side of the equation. [May 2006]
By medium: outsider art - outsider architecture - outsider music
Related: art brut - fringe - innovator - loser - minority - outcast - subculture - underdog -
Definition
One identified as on the periphery of social norms, or as an observer peering into group identity, i.e. of independence in character and thought. --http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Outsider [May 2006]
Outsiders as innovators
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The Misfits: A Study of Sexual Outsiders (1988) - Colin Wilson
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Weimar Culture: The Outsider as Insider (1968) - Peter Gay
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The Outsider (1956) - Colin Wilson
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