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The sociology of art : ways of seeing / edited by David Inglis and John Hughson.

Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextPublisher: Basingstoke [England] ; New York : Palgrave Macmillan, 2005Description: xiii, 223 pages : illustrations ; 24 cmContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • unmediated
Carrier type:
  • volume
ISBN:
  • 0333962664
  • 9780333962664
  • 0333962672
  • 9780333962671
Other title:
  • Ways of seeing
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 306.47 22
LOC classification:
  • NX180.S6 S618 2005
Online resources:
Contents:
Introduction : 'art' and sociology / David Inglis and John Hughson -- Pt. I. Theory past, present and future -- 1. Thinking 'art' sociologically / David Inglis -- 2. When does art become art? : assessing Pierre Bourdieu's theory of artistic fields / Jeremy F. Lane -- 3. The female body in women's artistic practice : developing a feminist sociological approach / Alexandra Howson -- 4. A 'new' paradigm for a sociology of aesthetics / Robert W. Witkin -- 5. Invisible aesthetics and the social work of commodity culture / Paul Willis -- 6. Cultural studies and the sociology of culture / Janet Wolff -- 7. The sociology of art : between cynicism and reflexivity / David Inglis -- Pt. II. From theory to practice : case studies in the sociology of art -- 8. Framing old age : sociological perspectives on ageing in Victorian painting / Mike Hepworth -- 9. The rise and fall of the art (house) movie / Andrew Tudor -- 10. Opera, modernity and cultural fields / Alan Swingewood -- 11. 'World music' and the globalization of sound / David Inglis and Roland Robertson -- 12. 'High arts' and the market : an uneasy partnership in the transnational world of ballet / Helena Wulff -- 13. Reconstructing the centre : sociological approaches to the rebuilding of Berlin / Janet Stewart.
Summary: "What light can sociology shed on art and culture in contemporary society? What is distinctive about the sociological understanding of art? In what ways is the sociology of art today developing new insights into the nature of artistic life? This volume contains essays by a wide range of authors, each of whom is concerned with showing the multiple ways in which artistic processes are profoundly shaped by their social settings. Encompassing a wide range of artistic fields, including painting, film, ballet and architecture, the book demonstrates how sociological appreciations of art and artists provide rich and stimulating alternative perspectives to conventional art criticism."--Publisher description.
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 196-212) and index.

Introduction : 'art' and sociology / David Inglis and John Hughson -- Pt. I. Theory past, present and future -- 1. Thinking 'art' sociologically / David Inglis -- 2. When does art become art? : assessing Pierre Bourdieu's theory of artistic fields / Jeremy F. Lane -- 3. The female body in women's artistic practice : developing a feminist sociological approach / Alexandra Howson -- 4. A 'new' paradigm for a sociology of aesthetics / Robert W. Witkin -- 5. Invisible aesthetics and the social work of commodity culture / Paul Willis -- 6. Cultural studies and the sociology of culture / Janet Wolff -- 7. The sociology of art : between cynicism and reflexivity / David Inglis -- Pt. II. From theory to practice : case studies in the sociology of art -- 8. Framing old age : sociological perspectives on ageing in Victorian painting / Mike Hepworth -- 9. The rise and fall of the art (house) movie / Andrew Tudor -- 10. Opera, modernity and cultural fields / Alan Swingewood -- 11. 'World music' and the globalization of sound / David Inglis and Roland Robertson -- 12. 'High arts' and the market : an uneasy partnership in the transnational world of ballet / Helena Wulff -- 13. Reconstructing the centre : sociological approaches to the rebuilding of Berlin / Janet Stewart.

"What light can sociology shed on art and culture in contemporary society? What is distinctive about the sociological understanding of art? In what ways is the sociology of art today developing new insights into the nature of artistic life? This volume contains essays by a wide range of authors, each of whom is concerned with showing the multiple ways in which artistic processes are profoundly shaped by their social settings. Encompassing a wide range of artistic fields, including painting, film, ballet and architecture, the book demonstrates how sociological appreciations of art and artists provide rich and stimulating alternative perspectives to conventional art criticism."--Publisher description.

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