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Summary
There is currently no reader in print that provides a broad ranging overview for an undergraduate course on the sociology of the arts or the sociology of culture. This book remedies this situation as it provides students with an overall understanding of the current issues, theoretical approaches, and substantive contributions in the sociology of the arts.
Included are chapters on the aesthetic meaning of art; the social and institutional production of art; the links among audiences, artists, and cultural organizations; tensions between artists and their bureaucratized working settings; the training and careers of artists; relations between art and society; and the dynamics of cultural change. In addition to section introductions, there is a comprehensive introduction to provide students with an understanding of the history of the field, its main theoretical currents, and also to provide them with an appreciation of the contributions to cultural studies by other disciplines, such as anthropology and history.
An extensive bibliography is also included in the reader, which was developed to assist students who wish to pursue research topics.
Arnold W. Foster is Associate Professor of Sociology at the State University of New York at Albany. Judith R. Blau is Professor of Sociology at University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.
Table of Contents
Preface
Introduction Arnold W. Foster
Part I. Orientation
1. Without Art Alicja Iwanska
2. Art as Collective Action Howard S. Becker
3. Shadows of Anxiety: Popular Culture in Modern Society Charles Simpson
Part II. Artist and Public
4. The Socialization of an Artist: The American Composer Dennison J. Nash
5. Ballet as a Career David Earl Sutherland
6. The Choice of Acting As a Profession Emanuel Levy
7. Music and Its Audiences Two Hundred Years Ago Charles W. Hughes
8. Cultural Democracy in a Period of Cultural Expansion: The Social Composition of Arts Audiences in the United States Paul DiMaggio and Michael Useem
Part III. Patrons, Gatekeepers, and Critics
9. Art Galleries as Gatekeepers: The Case of Abstract Expressionists Marcia Bystryn
10. Mass, Class, and the Reviewer Kurt Lang
11. Artist Groups: Patrons and Gate-Keepers Sally Ridgeway
Part IV. Artists and their Social Networks
12. Music Among Friends: The Social Networks of Amateur Musicians Robert A. Stebbins
13. The Simplex Located in Art Worlds Richard A. Peterson and Howard G. White
14. Reward Systems in Avant-Garde Art: Social Networks and Stylistic Change Diana Crane
Part V. Art Organizations
15. Orchestra Interaction: Some Features of Communication and Authority in an Artistic Organization Robert R. Faulkner
16. The Orchestra As Factory: Interrelationships of Occupational Change, Social Structure and Musical Style Stephen R. Couch
17. The Relationship Between Box Office and Repertoire: A Case Study of Opera Rosanne Martorella
18. Displayed Art and Performed Music: Selective Innovation and the Structure of Artistic Media Vera L. Zolberg
Part VI. Art and Society
19. The Evolutionary Taxonomy of Culture Alan Lomax and Norman Berkowitz
20. German Parteilieder and Christian Hymns as Instruments of Social Change Roland L. Warren
21. Economic Correlates of Artistic Creativity Vytautas Kavolis
22. Sound and Censorship: Two Crises in the Motion Picture Industry Linda Leue
23. Parallels in the Social Reactions to Jazz and Rock Jonathan Kamin
24. High Culture as Mass Culture Judith R. Blau
Bibliography
Contributors
Author Index
Subject Index
