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Art, culture, and enterprise : the politics of art and the cultural industries
 9781315848839, 131584883X, 9781317908050, 1317908058, 0415044499

Table of contents :
Content: 1. But what does it mean? --
2. Public arts funding : who benefits? --
3. Reaching the parts other arts don't ... --
4. Commercial culture --
5. The subsidized culture --
6. From mass production to popular production --
7. Money money money --
8. Changing the system.

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Art, Culture and Enterprise The Politics of Art and the Cultural Industries

Justin Lewis

Routledge Revivals

Art, Culture and Enterprise

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