TY  - BOOK
AU  - Inglis,David
AU  - Hughson,John
TI  - The sociology of art: ways of seeing 
SN  - 0333962664
AV  - NX180.S6 S618 2005
U1  - 306.47 22
PY  - 2005///
CY  - Basingstoke [England], New York
PB  - Palgrave Macmillan
KW  - Arts and society
N1  - 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
N2  - "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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