The politics of cultural work / Mark Banks.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Banks, Mark.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Culture--Economic aspects.

Culture.

Economics--Sociological aspects.

Economics.

Cultural industries--Economic aspects.

Cultural industries.

Physical Description:

viii, 228 pages ; 23 cm

Place of Publication:

Basingstoke ; New York : Palgrave Macmillan, 2007.

Summary:

What is 'cultural work'? How are we to understand the 'art-commerce relation'? "The Politics of Cultural Work" answers these questions through a wide-ranging study of labour in the cultural industries. It critically evaluates how various sociological traditions - including critical theory, governmentality and liberal-democratic approaches - have sought to theorize the creative cultural worker, in art, music, media and design-based occupations. It evaluates whether the cultural worker should be seen as a creative, autonomous subject - or as a mere victim of the 'culture industry'

Contents:

1 Introducing Cultural Work 1

2 'Culture Industry' and Cultural Work 16

3 Governmentality and Cultural Work 41

4 The Construction of Creativity 69

5 Choice, Reflexivity and 'Alternative' Cultural Work 94

6 Space, Place and Cultural Work 125

7 Cultural Work and Moral Futures 156.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 205-219) and index.

ISBN:

9780230019218

0230019218

OCLC:

166625185