Art Worlds

Name: Art Worlds
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ISBN: 9780520256361

ISBN-10: 0520256360

ISBN-13: 9780520256361

Edition: 25th 2008 (Revised)

Authors: Howard S. Becker

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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.

Book details

List price: $34.95
Edition: 25th
Copyright year: 2008
Publisher: University of California Press
Publication date: 4/8/2008
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 438
Size: 5.98" wide x 8.98" long x 1.18" tall
Weight: 1.496
Language: English



List of Illustrations


Preface to the 25th Anniversary Edition


Preface to the First Edition


Acknowledgments



Art Worlds and Collective Activity



Conventions



Mobilizing Resources



Distributing Art Works



Aesthetics, Aestheticians, and Critics



Art and the State



Editing



Integrated Professionals, Mavericks, Folk Artists, and Naive Artists



Arts and Crafts



Change in Art Worlds



Reputation



Epilogue to the 25th Anniversary Edition


Bibliography


Index