Art Worlds
Edition: 2 edition
Publisher: University of California Press
Published: April 1, 2008
Language: eng
Format: Paperback
Number of pages: 436
ISBN-13: 9780520256361
Subjects: Sociology, Social Studies; The Arts: General Issues; General; Sociology - General; Art / General; Art; Art & Art Instruction
First sentence: The English novelist may have told the story facetiously, but being awakened and given coffee was nevertheless integral to the way he worked.
Description: "A classic sociological examination of art as collective action, Art Worlds explores the cooperative network of suppliers, performers, dealers, critics, and consumers that - along with the artist - "produces" a work of art. This twenty-fifth anniversary edition is updated with a new dialogue between Becker and eminent French sociologist Alain Pessin about the extended social system in which art is created and with a new preface in which the author talks about his own process for creating this influential work."--Jacket.