This edited collection carries out an extensive coverage of the sociology of arts’ most characteristic thematic areas (production, creation, the artwork, and reception) across an important range of artistic fields, from the most traditional to the more unusual. It makes an argument for the theoretical creativity and empirical expansion that characterizes the study of contemporary sociology of the arts. Such creativity is present in the increasingly predominant approach to a sociology of the arts in action, in all areas of inquiry within the discipline. The range of theoretical paradigms evoked is rich, analysing several of the most important theoretical frameworks currently handled in the discipline (Bourdieu, Becker, Peterson, ANT), and combining them with the works of many other influential contemporary specialists (De Nora, Hennion, Lamont, Menger and Born et al.). The book also establishes links to less known theoretical frameworks and some from different fields including economic sociology,microsociology, ethnomethodology, semiotics, and cultural history. The volume argues that Spanish-speaking scholars are now at the forefront of new developments in the field of the sociology of the arts, and is the first effort to gather research by these influential Spanish-language scholars in a single volume for an English-language audience.
Author(s): Arturo Rodríguez Morató, Alvaro Santana-Acuña
Series: Sociology of the Arts
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan
Year: 2023
Language: English
Pages: 345
City: Cham
Contents
Notes on Contributors
List of Figures
List of Tables
Chapter 1: New Perspectives for the Sociology of the Arts
The Overhaul and Maturity of the Sociology of the Arts
The Sociology of the Arts in Action
Broadening the Sociological View of the Arts
Looking to the Future of the Sociology of the Arts
References
Part I: Reconsidering the Frames of Artistic Production
Chapter 2: Heteronomy and Necessity: How Architects Design for Architectural Competitions
The Commission: The Restoration of Architectural Heteronomy
The Submission: The Conveyance of Architectural Necessity
The Competition: The Production of Architectural Facts
References
Chapter 3: Creative Settings: The Influence of Place on Urban Cultural Creativity Processes
Introduction: Cultural Creativity and Place
Creative Settings
Towards a Sociological Conceptualisation of the Relationship Between Cultural Creativity and Place
Creative Rituals
Creative Frames
Creative Settings
Open Creative Settings
Non-oriented Creative Rituals
Experimental-CFs
Weak Boundaries
Hybrid Milieu
Closed Creative Settings
Oriented Creative Rituals
Professional Creative Frames
Strong Boundaries
Homogeneous Milieu
Dissonant Creative Settings
Double-Oriented Creative Rituals
Hybrid Creative Frames
Conflict Boundaries
Heterogeneous Milieu
Conclusion
References
Chapter 4: Cultural Creation in Culinary Fields: The Cases of New York and San Francisco
Introduction: Theories of Fields
Culinary Fields
Methodology
The Culinary Fields of New York and San Francisco
The Mode of Production and Innovation in Culinary Fields
Logics of Action
How to Navigate a Field
References
Part II: New Visions on Creative Practices
Chapter 5: The Jolie Môme Theatre Company: A Sociology of Artistic Work in Political Theater
Introduction: Convergences Between Art and Politics
Methodology: The Ethnography of Theatrical Work
Jolie Môme: A Countercurrent Theater
Modes of Collective Operation: The Organization and Division of Labor
The Multiple Capabilities of Actors and Equal Wages
The Material Life of the Troupe
Sources of Income
The Intermittent Employment System
Existing Without Subsidies: Between Autonomy and Insecurity
The Distribution of Power and Collective Decision-Making
Elements for a Foucauldian Analysis of Power in Theatrical Work
The Two Pillars of the Troupe
A Variation in the Exercise of Power
The Director’s Place in the Creative Process
Power Relations Between Men and Women
Conclusion
References
Chapter 6: Habitus in Dance: The Social and Artistic Skills of a Rehearsal
Introduction: The Rehearsal as an Artistic and Social Practice
Theoretical and Conceptual Perspective
The Communicative Dimension of the Artistic Decision
Artistic Decision as Focused Interaction
The Habitus of a Dance Company
Methodology
The Social Location of Choreographic Instructions
Conclusion
References
Chapter 7: Representations of the Uncertain: Art, Astronomy, and Dark Matter
Introduction: The Uncertain Object
The Artwork as a Dialogue
The Artwork as a Window into Scientific Uncertainties: Dark Matter
The Artwork as Pieces for Exhibit
The Artwork as an Epistemic Proposition
Conclusion
References
Part III: The Artwork: Expanding the Analysis of Its Materiality and Meaning(s)
Chapter 8: With the Beatles: Generating the Recorded Rock Album Formula
The Beatles, Rock Music and Its Material: The Vinyl Record
The Generative Formula
The Recording Case
Beat Boom Recording Artists
The Recording Art at the Height of Beatlemania
Consolidation of Recorded Rock
Conclusion
References
Chapter 9: Concrete Materialities: Architectural Surfaces and the Cultural Sociology of Modernity
Materiality and Cultural Sociology
Materialist Architectural Sociologies: Ugly Buildings and Architextures
Places and Their “Faces”: Material Surfaces and Spatial Habitus
Architectural Surfaces: Materials as Agents and Topics of Modernity
Concrete as “Grey” or Drab Modernity
Concrete Rehabilitation: Rethinking Gray, Revaluing Brutalist Buildings
Conclusion
References
Chapter 10: The Literary Classic and the Underappreciated Significance of Indexical Expressions
Introduction: The Classic as an Object of Sociological Study
Indexical Expressions: Distinguishing Between Meaningfulness and Meaning
Methods and Data
Indexical Expressions and Patterns of Meaningfulness in One Hundred Years of Solitude
Macondo: A Fictional Colombian Village Becomes Universal
Lived Experience
Universalization
Artistic Commensuration
Entrenched Criticism
An Imitated Opening: “Many Years Later, as He Faced the Firing Squad…”
Lived Experience
Universalization
Artistic Commensuration
Entrenched Criticism
Remedios’s Ascent to Heaven: Indexing a Character and a Literary Event
Lived Experience
Universalization
Artistic Commensuration
Entrenched Criticism
Magical Realism: Universalizing a Literary Genre
Lived Experience
Universalization
Artistic Commensuration
Entrenched Criticism
Conclusion
References
Part IV: Deepening Reception Analysis: Aesthetic Experience, Evaluation and Critique
Chapter 11: Objects, Emotion and Biography or How to Love Opera and Football Jerseys Again
Introduction: How to Restabilize Attachment to a Cultural Object
Objects in Cultural Sociology
Data and Methods
What’s in an Opera?
Opera as a Stabilized Object
Disrupting Opera
Re-establishing Opera, Anew
What’s in a Football Jersey?
Jersey as a Totem for Football
How Is Authenticity Destabilized?
Restoring Authenticity
What Does Love Have to Do with All This?
Conclusion
References
Chapter 12: How Contemporary Art Is Evaluated: The Artistic Quality Criteria of the Quebec Arts and Letters Council
Introduction
Art and Professional Salaries
The CCA and the CALQ
The Allocation of CALQ Scholarships
Methodology
Theoretical Framework: Critical Sociology
Categories Used to Evaluate Artistic Quality in the Field of Visual Arts
Out of Time, Out of Place: The Non-contemporary Category
The Voiceless, or the Beginners: The Junior’s Category
“I Like It, but…”: The Grey Zone
Potential Fellows: The Meritorious Category
The Rewarded Quality: The Meritorious Plus Category
Quality by Unanimity: The Exceptional Category
What Is Excellence in Contemporary Art?
Conclusions
References
Chapter 13: A Sociology of Art, Protest and Emotions: Disrupting the Institutionalisation of Corporate Sponsorship at Tate Galleries
Protest and Institutional Disruptive Work: Bringing in Arts Sociology
Emotions and Interaction Rituals: Artistic Protests Put into Action
BP’s Sponsorship of the Arts: Tate Galleries
Art Protests in Action: Liberate Tate’s Activism, 2010–2016
Liberate Tate’s Performances, Interaction Rituals and Emotions
Conclusion: Art, Protest and Emotions—A Sociological Agenda
References
Index
