Culture Is Not an Industry : Reclaiming Art and Culture for the Common Good / Justin O'Connor.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

O'Connor, Justin, author.

Series:

Manchester capitalism.

Manchester Capitalism Series

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Cultural industries.

Intellectual life.

Politics and culture.

Politics and culture--Great Britain--History--21st century.

Physical Description:

1 online resource : 2 black & white illustrations

Edition:

First edition.

Place of Publication:

Manchester, England : Manchester University Press, [2024]

Language Note:

In English.

Summary:

Culture is at the heart of what it means to be human. But twenty-five years ago, the British government rebranded art and culture as ‘creative industries’, valued for their economic contribution, and set out to launch the UK as the creative workshop of a globalised world.Where does that leave art and culture now? Facing exhausted workers and a lack of funding and vision, culture finds itself in the grip of accountancy firms, creativity gurus and Ted Talkers. At a time of sweeping geo-political turmoil, culture has been de-politicised, its radical energies reduced to factors of industrial production. This book is about what happens when an essential part of our democratic citizenship, fundamental to our human rights, is reduced to an industry.Culture is not an industry argues that art and culture need to renew their social contract and re-align with the radical agenda for a more equitable future. Bold and uncompromising, the book offers a powerful vision for change.

Contents:

Front Matter

Dedication

Contents

Introduction

1 Creative industries

2 Culture goes missing

3 Necessity or luxury?

4 Culture and the social foundations

5 Cultural infrastructures

6 Culture and economy

Acknowledgements

Notes

Bibliography

Index

Notes:

Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (publisher's Web site, viewed 26. Apr 2024)

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

9781526171252

1526171252

9781526171276

1526171279

OCLC:

1423282305