Sociology of the Arts: Exploring Fine and Popular Forms - Couverture rigide

Alexander, Victoria D.

Couverture rigide

ISBN 10 : 0631230394 ISBN 13 : 9780631230397

Editeur : *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.

• 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.

A propos du livre

À propos de l'auteur

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).

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: *Wiley-Blackwell
• Date d'édition: 2003
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 0631230394
• ISBN 13: 9780631230397
• Reliure: Relié
• Nombre de pages: 394
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
• Personne responsable: non disponible