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The Politics of Cultural Work

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  • © 2007

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  1. Mark Banks

    1. The Open University, UK

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Table of contents (7 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-viii
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  2. Introducing Cultural Work

    • Mark Banks
    Pages 1-15

  3. ‘Culture Industry’ and Cultural Work

    • Mark Banks
    Pages 16-40

  4. Governmentality and Cultural Work

    • Mark Banks
    Pages 41-68

  5. The Construction of Creativity

    • Mark Banks
    Pages 69-93

  6. Choice, Reflexivity and ‘Alternative’ Cultural Work

    • Mark Banks
    Pages 94-124

  7. Space, Place and Cultural Work

    • Mark Banks
    Pages 125-155

  8. Cultural Work and Moral Futures

    • Mark Banks
    Pages 156-187

  9. Back Matter

    Pages 188-228
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Through a wide-ranging study of labour in the cultural industries, this book critically evaluates how various sociological traditions - including critical theory, governmentality and liberal-democratic approaches - have sought to theorize the creative cultural worker, in art, music, media and design-based occupations.

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'This is an enormously helpful resource for understanding cultural work and an important contribution to social theory. Banks is brave enough to offer hope, but intelligent enough to show that there are no easy answers to the important political questions he raises'. - Professor David Hesmondhalgh, Institute of Communications Studies, University of Leeds, UK

Authors and Affiliations

  • The Open University, UK

    Mark Banks

About the author

MARK BANKS is Reader in Sociology, The Open University, UK. Formerly a Senior Lecturer at Manchester Metropolitan University, his principal interest is in cultural economy, especially processes of work and identity formation in the cultural industries. Other research interests include the sociology of creativity, cultural policy, space and cultural criminology.

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