Arts Under Pressure: Promoting Cultural Diversity in the Age of Globalization - Couverture rigide

Smiers, Joost

Couverture rigide

ISBN 10 : 1842772627 ISBN 13 : 9781842772621

Editeur : Zed Books Ltd, 2003

Synopsis

Arts Under Pressure analyses the relevant forces behind decision making in cultural matters worldwide under the influence of economic globalisation.

The book deals with all the arts, in all parts of the world and focuses on the cycle of creation, production, distribution, promotion, reception and influence. It asks: who has the power to decide what reaches audiences, in what quantities, with what contents and surrounded by what kinds of ambiances? Refuting the ‘natural’ existence of a mass culture, Arts Under Pressure argues that globally dominant artistic creations are produced, distributed and promoted on a mass scale that destroys the diversity any society desperately needs. Smiers argues that countries must take culture out of the grip of the WTO and sign a new International Convention on Cultural Diversity.

Smiers concludes with a completely new vision of copyright, advantageous to artists, third world countries and the public domain.

A propos du livre

À propos de l'auteur

Joost Smiers is Professor of Political Science of the Arts at the Utrecht School of the Arts, the Netherlands, and formerly Visiting Professor, Department of World Arts and Cultures, UCLA, Los Angeles.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Zed Books Ltd
• Date d'édition: 2003
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 1842772627
• ISBN 13: 9781842772621
• Reliure: Relié
• Nombre de pages: 288
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
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