Culture as a Vocation: Sociology of Career Choices in Cultural Management

by Vincent Dubois

Book Overview

Vocational occupations are attractive not so much for their material rewards as for the prestige and self-fulfillment they confer. They require a strong personal commitment, which can be subjectively experienced in terms of passion and selflessness. The choice of a career in the cultural sector provides a good example of this. What are the terms of this calling? What predisposes individuals to answer it? What are the meanings of such a choice? To...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1138819980
• ISBN13: 9781138819986
• Release Date: November 2015
• Publisher: Routledge
• Length: 166 Pages
• Weight: 0.91 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.4" x 6.1" x 9.2"