This book contends that mainstream considerations of the economic
and social force of culture, including theories of the creative
class and of cognitive and immaterial labor, are indebted to
historic conceptions of the art of literary authorship. It shows
how contemporary literature has been involved in and has responded
to creative-economy phenomena, including the presentation of
artists as models of contentedly flexible and self-managed work,
the treatment of training in and exposure to art as a pathway to
social inclusion, the use of culture and cultural institutions to
increase property values, and support for cultural diversity as a
means of growing cultural markets. Contemporary writers have tended
to explore how their own critical capacities have become compatible
with or even essential to a neoliberal economy that has embraced
art's autonomous gestures as proof that authentic self-articulation
and social engagement can and should occur within capitalism.
Taking a sociological approach to literary criticism, Sarah
Brouillette interprets major works of contemporary fiction by
Monica Ali, Aravind Adiga, Daljit Nagra, and Ian McEwan alongside
government policy, social science, and theoretical explorations of
creative work and immaterial labor.
General
Imprint: |
Stanford University Press
|
Country of origin: |
United States |
Release date: |
April 2017 |
First published: |
2014 |
Authors: |
Sarah Brouillette
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Dimensions: |
229 x 153 x 18mm (L x W x T) |
Format: |
Paperback - Trade / Trade / Trade
|
Pages: |
248 |
ISBN-13: |
978-1-5036-0280-9 |
Categories: |
Books
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LSN: |
1-5036-0280-X |
Barcode: |
9781503602809 |
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