VICTORIA D. ALEXANDER is Professor of Sociology and Arts Management at the Institute for Creative and Cultural Entrepreneurship, Goldsmiths, University of London, UK. She is author of Museums and Money: The Impact of Funding on Exhibitions, Scholarship, and Management (1996), co-author of Art and the State: The Visual Arts in Comparative Perspective (2005), and co-editor of the multi-volume Art and the Challenge of Markets (2018).

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• List of Illustrations viiList of Tables ixList of Figures xiList of Boxes xiiiPreface and Acknowledgements xv1 Introduction: What is Art? 1Part I The Relationship between Art and Society 112 Reflection Approaches 13Case Study 2.1 The Reflection of Race in Children’s Books 253 Shaping Approaches 29Case Study 3.1 Violence in Popular Arts 434 A Mediated View: The Cultural Diamond 49Part IIA The Cultural Diamond: The Production of Culture 535 Art Worlds and Artistic Fields 55Case Study 5.1 From Academy to Public Sale 696 Businesses and Industries 75Case Study 6.1 Innovation in Commercial Musical Theatre 897 Nonprofits and Networks 95Case Study 7.1 Piccolos on the Picket Line: A Strike in the Symphony 1088 Artists 113Case Study 8.1 Nothing Succeeds Like Success: Careers in the Film Industry 129Part IIB The Cultural Diamond: The Consumption of Culture 1339 Consumption Approaches 135Case Study 9.1 Romance Novels as Combat and Compensation 15010 Sites and Experiences 155Case Study 10.1 The Experience of Music 17211 Identities 177Case Study 11.1 Acropolis Now: National Identity and the Return of the Parthenon Marbles? 19112 Distinction 199Case Study 12.1 New Forms of Cultural Capital? Debates about Distinction 215Part III Art in Society 22113 The Art Itself 223Case Study 13.1 The Renaissance Way of Seeing 24114 The Constitution of Art in Society 245Case Study 14.1 A Strange Sensation: Controversies in Art 263Part IV Conclusion 26915 Studying Art Sociologically 271References 275Index 299

VICTORIA D. ALEXANDER is Professor of Sociology and Arts Management at the Institute for Creative and Cultural Entrepreneurship, Goldsmiths, University of London, UK. She is author of Museums and Money: The Impact of Funding on Exhibitions, Scholarship, and Management (1996), co-author of Art and the State: The Visual Arts in Comparative Perspective (2005), and co-editor of the multi-volume Art and the Challenge of Markets (2018).

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• List of Illustrations viiList of Tables ixList of Figures xiList of Boxes xiiiPreface and Acknowledgements xv1 Introduction: What is Art? 1Part I The Relationship between Art and Society 112 Reflection Approaches 13Case Study 2.1 The Reflection of Race in Children’s Books 253 Shaping Approaches 29Case Study 3.1 Violence in Popular Arts 434 A Mediated View: The Cultural Diamond 49Part IIA The Cultural Diamond: The Production of Culture 535 Art Worlds and Artistic Fields 55Case Study 5.1 From Academy to Public Sale 696 Businesses and Industries 75Case Study 6.1 Innovation in Commercial Musical Theatre 897 Nonprofits and Networks 95Case Study 7.1 Piccolos on the Picket Line: A Strike in the Symphony 1088 Artists 113Case Study 8.1 Nothing Succeeds Like Success: Careers in the Film Industry 129Part IIB The Cultural Diamond: The Consumption of Culture 1339 Consumption Approaches 135Case Study 9.1 Romance Novels as Combat and Compensation 15010 Sites and Experiences 155Case Study 10.1 The Experience of Music 17211 Identities 177Case Study 11.1 Acropolis Now: National Identity and the Return of the Parthenon Marbles? 19112 Distinction 199Case Study 12.1 New Forms of Cultural Capital? Debates about Distinction 215Part III Art in Society 22113 The Art Itself 223Case Study 13.1 The Renaissance Way of Seeing 24114 The Constitution of Art in Society 245Case Study 14.1 A Strange Sensation: Controversies in Art 263Part IV Conclusion 26915 Studying Art Sociologically 271References 275Index 299

VICTORIA D. ALEXANDER is Professor of Sociology and Arts Management at the Institute for Creative and Cultural Entrepreneurship, Goldsmiths, University of London, UK. She is author of Museums and Money: The Impact of Funding on Exhibitions, Scholarship, and Management (1996), co-author of Art and the State: The Visual Arts in Comparative Perspective (2005), and co-editor of the multi-volume Art and the Challenge of Markets (2018).

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• List of Illustrations viiList of Tables ixList of Figures xiList of Boxes xiiiPreface and Acknowledgements xv1 Introduction: What is Art? 1Part I The Relationship between Art and Society 112 Reflection Approaches 13Case Study 2.1 The Reflection of Race in Children’s Books 253 Shaping Approaches 29Case Study 3.1 Violence in Popular Arts 434 A Mediated View: The Cultural Diamond 49Part IIA The Cultural Diamond: The Production of Culture 535 Art Worlds and Artistic Fields 55Case Study 5.1 From Academy to Public Sale 696 Businesses and Industries 75Case Study 6.1 Innovation in Commercial Musical Theatre 897 Nonprofits and Networks 95Case Study 7.1 Piccolos on the Picket Line: A Strike in the Symphony 1088 Artists 113Case Study 8.1 Nothing Succeeds Like Success: Careers in the Film Industry 129Part IIB The Cultural Diamond: The Consumption of Culture 1339 Consumption Approaches 135Case Study 9.1 Romance Novels as Combat and Compensation 15010 Sites and Experiences 155Case Study 10.1 The Experience of Music 17211 Identities 177Case Study 11.1 Acropolis Now: National Identity and the Return of the Parthenon Marbles? 19112 Distinction 199Case Study 12.1 New Forms of Cultural Capital? Debates about Distinction 215Part III Art in Society 22113 The Art Itself 223Case Study 13.1 The Renaissance Way of Seeing 24114 The Constitution of Art in Society 245Case Study 14.1 A Strange Sensation: Controversies in Art 263Part IV Conclusion 26915 Studying Art Sociologically 271References 275Index 299