Cultural Capital - The Rise and Fall of Creative Britain (Paperback)

Britain began the twenty-first century convinced of its creativity. Throughout the New Labour era, the visual and performing arts, museums and galleries, were ceaselessly promoted as a stimulus to national economic revival, a post-industrial revolution where spending on culture would solve everything, from national decline to crime. Tony Blair heralded it a "golden age." Yet despite huge investment, the audience for the arts remained a privileged minority. So what went wrong? In Cultural Capital, leading historian Robert Hewison gives an in-depth account of how creative Britain lost its way. From Cool Britannia and the Millennium Dome to the Olympics and beyond, he shows how culture became a commodity, and how target-obsessed managerialism stifled creativity. In response to the failures of New Labour and the austerity measures of the Coalition government, Hewison argues for a new relationship between politics and the arts.

General

Imprint:	Verso Books
Country of origin:	United Kingdom
Release date:	November 2014
First published:	November 2014
Authors:	Robert Hewison
Dimensions:	235 x 156 x 23mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Paperback
Pages:	240
ISBN-13:	978-1-78168-591-4
Categories:	Books > Reference & Interdisciplinary > Interdisciplinary studies > Cultural studies > General Books > Social sciences > Politics & government > Central government > Central government policies Promotions
LSN:	1-78168-591-6
Barcode:	9781781685914

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