Xin Gu

Cultural Work and Creative Subjectivity

Recentralising the Artist Critique and Social Networks in the Cultural Industries

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Produktbeschreibung

This book critically investigates the declining status of creative workers in contemporary societies following changes associated with the neoliberal creativity discourse - from the distribution of resources around cultural production to consumption, and from the management of 'labour time' to 'life time'.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis
• Seitenzahl: 210
• Erscheinungstermin: 18. Dezember 2024
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 234mm x 156mm x 12mm
• Gewicht: 327g
• ISBN-13: 9780367771218
• ISBN-10: 0367771217
• Artikelnr.: 72107183

Autorenporträt

Xin Gu is Director of the Master of Cultural and Creative Industries and Senior Lecturer in the School of Media, Film and Journalism at Monash University, Australia.

Inhaltsangabe

1. Introduction: cultural work and creative subjectivity Part 1. Paradigms
of creative subjectivity 2. The 'artist critique' of cultural work 3. The
'social critique' of cultural work 4. Consumer culture and social network
market Part 2. Researching creative subjectivity 5. Co-option of the social
by independent designer fashion in Manchester 6. Differentiation and
justification of creative careers by visual artists and writers in Shanghai
7. Constitution of creative subjectivity of artisan makers in Melbourne 8.
De-professionalisation: freelancers and consumer labour in the digital
media industry in Manchester and Shenzhen Part 3. Creative subjectivity and
cultural policy 9. Beginning after the end: critical cultural policymaking
10. Conclusion: key findings and future research