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_beng
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049 _aTSAUD
050 0 0 _aBF408.T55 2015
090 0 0 _aBF408.T55 2015
100 1 _aTimberg, Scott,
_eauthor.
_9100833
245 1 0 _aCulture crash :
_bthe killing of the creative class /
_cby Scott Timberg.
264 _aNew Haven ;
_aLondon :
_bYale University Press,
_c2015
300 _ax, 310 pages :
_c22 cm
_bcolor illustrations ;
336 _2rdacontent
_atext
_btxt
337 _2rdamedia
_aunmediated
_bn
338 _2rdacarrier
_avolume
_bnc
504 _aIncludes bibliographical references and index.
520 _a"Change is no stranger to us in the twenty-first century. All of us must constantly adjust to an evolving world, to transformation and innovation. But for many thousands of creative artists, a torrent of recent changes has made it all but impossible to earn a living. A persistent economic recession, social shifts, and technological change have combined to put our artists--from graphic designers to indie-rock musicians, from architects to booksellers--out of work. This important book looks deeply and broadly into the roots of the crisis of the creative class in America and tells us why it matters. Scott Timberg considers the human cost as well as the unintended consequences of shuttered record stores, decimated newspapers, music piracy, and a general attitude of indifference. He identifies social tensions and contradictions--most concerning the artist's place in society--that have plunged the creative class into a fight for survival. Timberg shows how America's now-collapsing middlebrow culture--a culture once derided by intellectuals like Dwight Macdonald--appears, from today's vantage point, to have been at least a Silver Age. Timberg's reporting is essential reading for anyone who works in the world of culture, knows someone who does, or cares about the work creative artists produce"--
650 0 _aCreative ability
_zUnited States
_xHistory
_y21st century.
_9100838
650 0 _aSocial classes
_zUnited States
_xHistory
_y21st century.
_9100841
650 0 _aSocial change
_zUnited States
_xHistory
_y21st century.
_9100843
650 0 _aPopular culture
_zUnited States
_xHistory
_y21st century.
_9100844
942 _cBOOK
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