The Shape of Culture

A Study of Contemporary Cultural Patterns in the United States

AvJudith R. Blau

Häftad, Engelska, 1992

Del i serien American Sociological Association Rose Monographs

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Beskrivning

This book systematically examines prevailing cultural patterns in contemporary American society. Using information on several thousands of cultural organisations, including elite ones (such as opera and chamber music companies) and popular cultural ones (such as cinemas and live rock concerts), Professor Blau examines the geography of culture, the changing demands for culture, the interdependencies among cultural organisations of different kinds, the nature of labour markets for artists, and the effects of arts subsidies on nonprofit cultural establishments over a ten year period. One of the major conclusions of the book is that the social conditions that support elite and popular culture are increasingly similar over time.

Produktinformation

Utgivningsdatum:1992-07-31
Mått:152 x 228 x 15 mm
Vikt:336 g
Format:Häftad
Språk:Engelska
Serie:American Sociological Association Rose Monographs
Antal sidor:220
Förlag:Cambridge University Press
ISBN:9780521437936

Utforska kategorier

Antropologi inom Samhälle och politik
Sociologi inom Samhälle och politik

Recensioner i media

'Blau's study is a methodologically sophisticated, sociological examination of artistic production and consumption patterns in the larger metropolitan areas of the US … Blau demonstrates a thorough command of the literature. Some of her findings are surprising, and are contrary to much of the conventional wisdom of past and contemporary observers, whose conclusions lacked the kind of painstakingly gathered and skillfully analyzed empirical support provided by Blau.' Choice

Innehållsförteckning

1. Culture as structure and meaning; 2. The American cultural landscape; 3. Reproduction and decline; 4. Co-ocurrence, tipping in, and bridging; 5. Organizational assembly and disassembly; 6. Increasing returns on diminishing artists; 7. A little more on the hobby horse; 8. Masses and classes; 9. The transformation of American culture.