|
Books > Humanities
|
Buy Now
Artistic Lives - A Study of Creativity in Two European Cities (Hardcover, New Ed)
Loot Price: R4,434
Discovery Miles 44 340
|
|
|
Artistic Lives - A Study of Creativity in Two European Cities (Hardcover, New Ed)
Expected to ship within 12 - 17 working days
|
Artistic Lives examines cultural production as a non-standard,
self-directed, and frequently unpaid activity, which is susceptible
to developments that affect the availability of unstructured time.
It engages with discourses which have historically had little to do
with the arts, including urban sociology and social policy
research, to explore the social conditions and identities of
ordinary artists, revealing the importance of the cost of living or
access to housing, benefits or employment in determining who is
able to become an artist or sustain an artistic career. The book
thus challenges recent policy discourses that celebrate the ability
of cultural producers to create something from nothing, and, more
generally, the myth of creativity as an individual phenomenon,
divorced from social context. Presenting rich interview material
with artists and arts professionals in London and Berlin, together
with ethnographic descriptions, Artistic Lives engages with debates
surrounding Post-Fordism, gentrification and the nature of
authorship, to raise challenging questions about the function of
culture and the role of cultural producers within contemporary
capitalism. An empirically grounded exploration of the identity of
the modern artist and his or her ability to make a living in
neoliberal societies, Artistic Lives will be of interest to
students and scholars researching urban studies, the sociology of
art and creative cultures, social stratification and social policy.
General
Is the information for this product incomplete, wrong or inappropriate?
Let us know about it.
Does this product have an incorrect or missing image?
Send us a new image.
Is this product missing categories?
Add more categories.
Review This Product
No reviews yet - be the first to create one!
|
|
Email address subscribed successfully.
A activation email has been sent to you.
Please click the link in that email to activate your subscription.
Welcome to Loot.co.za!
Sign in / Register |Wishlists & Gift Vouchers |Help | Advanced search
