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Howard S. Becker
Art Worlds
25th Anniversary edition
$22.95, £13.50 paperback
978-0-520-25636-1
Available Now
440 pages, 6 x 9 inches, 44 b/w illustrations
April 2008, Available worldwide
Categories: Art; Sociology
April 2008, Available worldwide
Categories: Art; Sociology
"The best choice is Becker's classic sociological study Art Worlds, which has recently been reissued in an updated and expanded twenty-fifth anniversary edition. It's as timely as ever."—The Nation
"Becker's magnum opus, a brilliant exposition. . . . Marvelously rich and insightful."—Contemporary Sociology
"Unusual and excellent. . . . Fascinating."—Christian Science Monitor
"Becker's magnum opus, a brilliant exposition. . . . Marvelously rich and insightful."—Contemporary Sociology
"Unusual and excellent. . . . Fascinating."—Christian Science Monitor
This classic sociological examination of art as collective action explores the cooperative network of suppliers, performers, dealers, critics, and consumers who—along with the artist—"produce" a work of art. Howard S. Becker looks at the conventions essential to this operation and, prospectively, at the extent to which art is shaped by this collective activity. The book is thoroughly illustrated and updated with a new dialogue between Becker and eminent French sociologist Alain Pessin about the extended social system in which art is created, and with a new preface in which the author talks about his own process in creating this influential work.