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Since the first edition of Sociology of the Arts, the literature in the field has grown vibrantly, as more sociologists recognize the value of studying the fine and popular arts.
This article maps recent developments in social science writing about the arts and argues for seeing this work in terms of the label the ‘new sociology of art’.
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Alexander's Sociology of the Arts brings to life both cutting-edge research and classic works in the sociology of literature, music, art, and popular culture. Students will discover what fascinating things researchers have learned by studying the arts sociologically.
Sociology of art permits a diverse range of methodological and empirical approaches to the relationship between societies and cultural objects. Key works are summarized, from classic studies and foundational theoretical treatments to new sociological approaches to music, artworks, performance, iconicity, and perception.
This edited collection carries out an extensive coverage of the sociology of arts’ most characteristic thematic areas (production, creation, the artwork, and reception) across an important range of artistic fields, from the most traditional to the more unusual.
For the point of departure, we took four generations of the sociology of art as defined by Nathalie Heinich as well as the identification of the following four elements: an artwork and its reception, an artist and a creative process, an audience, and a social-institutional framework.
