Sociology of the Arts: Exploring Fine and Popular Forms - Hardcover

Alexander, Victoria D.

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0631230394 ISBN 13: 9780631230397

Publisher: Wiley-Blackwell, 2003

Synopsis

This is a comprehensive overview of the sociology of art and an authoritative work of scholarship by a leading expert in the field. The international selection of perspectives, empirical research, and case studies makes this book essential for teaching and studying the sociology of art.

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• Synthesizes the various theoretical models of art sociology.
  
• Provides empirical examples of books, films, television shows, dance, and music, as well as exemplars of sociological work on the arts.
  
• Discusses works from both fine and popular ends of the cultural spectrum.
  
• Explores how art is created, distributed, received, consumed, and used by people who experience it.

About this title

Book Description:

Sociology of the Arts is a comprehensive overview of the sociology of art and an authoritative work of scholarship by a leading expert in the field. The book synthesizes the various theoretical models of art sociology, and provides empirical examples as well as stimulating exemplars of sociological work on the arts. Case studies of art works are from both ends of the cultural spectrum: fine arts (theatre, dance, symphony, opera) and popular arts (Hollywood movies, pop music, pulp fiction, TV drama, comedy and advertising). These studies, combined with the book's considerable theoretical breadth and insight, explore how art is created, distributed, received, consumed, and used by people who experience it. The book also discusses the newly emerging question of the art object itself, and the meaning of art works. Sociology of the Arts is a clearly written, well-organized synthesis for students, and a unique contribution to the field. This international selection of perspectives, empirical research, and case studies makes this book essential for teaching and learning the sociology of art, and will be of great interest to scholars.

About the Author:

Victoria D. Alexander is Lecturer of Sociology at the University of Surrey. She is the author of Museums and Money: The Impact of Funding on Exhibitions, Scholarship, and Management (1996).

About this edition

• Publisher: Wiley-Blackwell
• Publication date: 2003
• ISBN 10: 0631230394
• ISBN 13: 9780631230397
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 392