Book contents
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- Preface
- 1 What is art? What is the sociology of art?
- 2 Why sociologists have neglected the arts and why this is changing
- 3 Studying the art object sociologically
- 4 The art object as social process
- 5 Are artists born or made?
- 6 Structural support, audiences, and social uses of art
- 7 How the arts change and why
- 8 Where does the sociology of art stand, and where is it going?
- References
- Index
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- Preface
- 1 What is art? What is the sociology of art?
- 2 Why sociologists have neglected the arts and why this is changing
- 3 Studying the art object sociologically
- 4 The art object as social process
- 5 Are artists born or made?
- 6 Structural support, audiences, and social uses of art
- 7 How the arts change and why
- 8 Where does the sociology of art stand, and where is it going?
- References
- Index
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- Constructing a Sociology of the Arts , pp. vii - viiiPublisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 1990