How to Study Art Worlds: On the Societal Functioning of Aesthetic Values

by Hans van Maanen

This necessary and thought-provoking study brings together the organisational side of the world of the arts and the understanding of the many functions art fulfi lls in our culture. The author sets out to establish how the organisation of art worlds serves the functioning of the arts in society. The book is divided into three sections, the first of which presents a comparative study of approaches to the art world as practiced by Dickie, Becker, Bourdieu,...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 9089641521
• ISBN13: 9789089641526
• Release Date: September 2009
• Publisher: Amsterdam University Press
• Length: 312 Pages
• Weight: 0.97 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 6.1" x 9.2"