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- ISBN 9780631230397
- Weight: 680g
- Dimensions: 168 x 238mm
- Publication Date: 13 Jan 2003
- Publisher: John Wiley and Sons Ltd
- Publication City/Country: GB
- Product Form: Hardback
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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.
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).
