Sociology of the Arts. Victoria D. Alexander
11 Identities Subcultures, Tribes, and Fans Social Identities Thin Cultures and Interpretive Communities Summary NOTES 12 Distinction High and Low Art Forms Distinction Omnivores The Institutionalization of High Art Artistic Legitimation Summary: The Honorific Title of “Art” NOTES
13 Part III: Art in Society 13 The Art Itself Semiotics Representation The Fabrication of Meaning The “Work Itself” Summary and Concluding Thoughts NOTES 14 The Constitution of Art in Society Integrating Across the Diamond Art and Aura Artistic Fields Constructing Art and Aesthetics Art in the Sociology of Art Conclusion NOTES
14 Part IV: Conclusion 15 Studying Art Sociologically
15 References
16 Index
List of Tables
1 Chapter 1Table 1.1 What is Art? Manifestations of Culture Included and Excluded from C...
2 Chapter 5Table 5.1 Precepts of the French Academy
3 Chapter 8Table 8.1 Three Definitions of “Artist”
4 Chapter 12Table 12.1 Musical Styles included in the 1993 General Social SurveyTable 12.2 Legitimate, Common, and Unauthorized Cultural Forms
List of Illustrations
1 Chapter 3Illustration 3.1 DVD Cover Sleeve for Ratatouille (2007). Remy, a poor rat w...Illustration 3.2 Film Poster for Natural Born Killers (1994). A bad influenc...
2 Chapter 4Figure 4.1 Griswold’s Cultural Diamond.Figure 4.2 Modified Cultural Diamond.
3 Chapter 5Illustration 5.1 “Guan Ju,” a poem in the illustrated edition of the Book of...Illustration 5.2 Felicien Myrbach‐Rheinfeld, Candidates for Admission to the...
4 Chapter 6Figure 6.1 The Long Tail.Illustration 6.1 Theatre Program for the London Production of the Musical Ha...
5 Chapter 10Figure 10.1 Johann Sebastian Bach, Cantata BWV 140, “Wachet auf ruft uns die...
6 Chapter 11Illustration 11.1 Titian, Diana and Actaeon (1556–1559). Saved for the natio...
7 Chapter 12Illustration 12.1 Social Boundaries in Action, a New Yorker Cartoon by J. B....
8 Chapter 13Illustration 13.1 Alexandre Cabanel, The Birth of Venus (1863). This paintin...Figure 13.1 Myth as a Second‐Order Semiological System.Illustration 13.2 Piero della Francesca, The Baptism of Christ (ca.1450)....Figure 13.2 Drawing after a Woodcut in Santo Brasca’s Itinerario di Gerusale...
9 Chapter 14Illustration 14.1 Artemisia Gentileschi, Judith Beheading Holofernes (1610)....Illustration 14.2 Henri Gervex, Rolla (1878). This painting, submitted to th...
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