The Sociology of Art

DAVID INGLIS lectures in the Department of Sociology, University of Aberdeen, UK. JOHN HUGHSON is Senior Lecturer in the School of Physical Education, University of Otaga, New Zealand.

PART 1: THEORY PAST, PRESENT AND FUTURE.- What is the 'Sociology of Art'?; D.Inglis and J.Hughson.- When Does Art Become Art? Assessing Pierre Bourdieu's Theory of Artistic Fields; J.Jane.- Feminist Art and Feminist Sociology: New Departures; A.Howson.- A New Paradigm for a Sociology of Aesthetics; R.Witkin.- Invisible Aesthetics and the Social Work of Community Culture; P.Willis.- Cultural Studies and the Sociology of Culture; J.Wolff.- The Sociology of Art: Cynical or Celebratory?; D. Inglis.- PART 2: FROM THEORY TO PRACTICE: CASE STUDIES IN THE SOCIOLOGY OF ART.- Framing Old Age: Sociological Perspectives on the Art of the Past; M.Hepworth.- The Rise and Fall of the Art House Movie; A.Tudor.- Opera, Modernity and Cultural Fields; A.Swingewood.- 'World Music' and the Globalisation of Sound; R.Robertson and D.Inglis.- 'High Arts' and the Market: An Uneasy Partnership in the Transnational World of Ballet; H.Wulff.- Reconstructing the Centre: Sociological Approaches to the Rebuilding of Berlin; J.Stewart.