Sociology of the Arts: Exploring Fine and Popular FormsISBN: 978-0-631-23039-7
Hardcover
392 pages
January 2003, Wiley-Blackwell
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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.