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Art Worlds 25TH Ann Edition

by Howard Becker

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ISBN13: 9780520256361
ISBN10: 0520256360
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This classic sociological examination of art as collective action explores the cooperative network of suppliers, performers, dealers, critics, and consumers who--along with the artist--produce a work of art. Howard S. Becker looks at the conventions essential to this operation and, prospectively, at the extent to which art is shaped by this collective activity. The book is thoroughly illustrated and updated with a new dialogue between Becker and eminent French sociologist Alain Pessin about the extended social system in which art is created, and with a new preface in which the author talks about his own process in creating this influential work.
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ISBN:
9780520256361
Author:
Becker, Howard
Publisher:
University of California Press
Author:
Becker, Howard S.
Subject:
General
Subject:
Sociology - General
Subject:
Popular Culture
Subject:
Arts and society
Edition Description:
Anniversary, Up
Publication Date:
April 2008
Binding:
Paperback
Language:
English
Illustrations:
Y
Pages:
408
Dimensions:
8.87x6.06x1.06 in. 1.27 lbs.
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