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Sociology of the arts : exploring fine and popular forms / Victoria D. Alexander.

By: Material type: TextTextPublication details: Malden, MA : Blackwell, 2003.Description: xix, 366 p. : ill. ; 24 cm. ; pbkISBN:
  • 0631230394
  • 9780631230397
  • 0631230408
  • 9780631230403
  • 9780631230397:
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 306.47
Contents:
Introduction : what is art -- Part 1 The relationship between art and society -- Reflection approaches -- Shaping approaches -- A mediated view : the cultural diamond -- Part 2A The cultural diamond : the production of culture -- Art worlds -- Businesses and industries -- Networks and nonprofits -- Artists -- Globalization -- Part 2B The cultural diamond : the consumption of culture -- Reception approaches -- Audience studies -- Art and social boundaries -- Part 3 Art in society -- The art itself -- The constitution of art in society -- Part 5 Conclusion -- Studying art sociologically.
Review: "Sociology of the Arts is a comprehensive overview of the sociology of art and an authoritative work of scholarship by a leading expert in the field. The book synthesizes the various theoretical models of art sociology, and provides empirical examples as well as stimulating exemplars of sociological work on the arts. Case studies of art works are from both ends of the cultural spectrum: fine arts (theatre, dance, symphony, opera) and popular arts (Hollywood movies, pop music, pulp fiction, TV drama and comedy, advertising). These studies, combined with the book's considerable theoretical breadth and insight, explore how art is created, distributed, received, consumed, and used by people who experience it. The book also discusses the newly emerging question of the art object itself, and the meaning of art works."--BOOK JACKET.
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Includes bibliographical references (p. [312]-335) and index.

Introduction : what is art -- Part 1 The relationship between art and society -- Reflection approaches -- Shaping approaches -- A mediated view : the cultural diamond -- Part 2A The cultural diamond : the production of culture -- Art worlds -- Businesses and industries -- Networks and nonprofits -- Artists -- Globalization -- Part 2B The cultural diamond : the consumption of culture -- Reception approaches -- Audience studies -- Art and social boundaries -- Part 3 Art in society -- The art itself -- The constitution of art in society -- Part 5 Conclusion -- Studying art sociologically.

"Sociology of the Arts is a comprehensive overview of the sociology of art and an authoritative work of scholarship by a leading expert in the field. The book synthesizes the various theoretical models of art sociology, and provides empirical examples as well as stimulating exemplars of sociological work on the arts. Case studies of art works are from both ends of the cultural spectrum: fine arts (theatre, dance, symphony, opera) and popular arts (Hollywood movies, pop music, pulp fiction, TV drama and comedy, advertising). These studies, combined with the book's considerable theoretical breadth and insight, explore how art is created, distributed, received, consumed, and used by people who experience it. The book also discusses the newly emerging question of the art object itself, and the meaning of art works."--BOOK JACKET.

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