Author: Adler, Judith E.

Publication Year: 1978

Media Type: Book

Summary:

The author uses this case study of an aesthetic work organization to examine some social determinants of aesthetic production. Specifically, she looks at ways in which artists accommodate new opportunities for salaried employment in an academic bureaucracy in California. Throughout, she focuses on the work setting and its effects on the manners in which artists can work and the manners in which products can emerge.

Abstract:

The author uses this case study of an aesthetic work organization to examine some social determinants of aesthetic production. Specifically, she looks at ways in which artists accommodate new opportunities for salaried employment in an academic bureaucracy in California. Throughout, she focuses on the work setting and its effects on the manners in which artists can work and the manners in which products can emerge.

Arts & Intersections:

Categories: Arts Education