The public life of the arts in America
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The public life of the arts in America
（Rutgers series on the public life of the arts）
Rutgers University Press, c2000
- : pbk
- : cloth
Available at 9 libraries
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Includes index
Bibliography: p. 245-260
Description and Table of Contents
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: cloth ISBN 9780813527673
Description
Despite its size and its economic impact, the US arts community is not articulate about how it serves the public interest. This book encourages policy makers to investigate the crucial importance of the arts in the US, aiming to to provide new ideas, concepts and data.
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: pbk ISBN 9780813527680
Description
Art and entertainment constitute America's second-largest export. Most Americans-96%, to be exact-are somehow involved in the arts, whether as audience participants, hobbyists, or via broadcast, recording, video, or the Internet. The contribution of the arts to the U.S. economy is stunning: the nonprofit arts industry alone contributes over 857 billion dollars per year, and America's fine and performing arts enjoy world-class status.
Despite its size, quality, and economic impact, the arts community is not articulate about how they serve public interests, and few citizens have an appreciation of the myriad of public policies that influence American arts and culture. The contributors to this volume argue that U.S. policy can-and should-support the arts and that the arts, in turn serve a broad rather than an elite public. Indeed, increased support for the arts and culture equals good economic and trade policy; it also contributes to the quality of life and community, and helps sustain the creativity of American artists and organizations.
By encouraging policy-makers to systematically start investigating the crucial role and importance of all of the arts in the United States, The Arts and Public Purpose moves the field forward with fresh ideas, new concepts, and important new data.
Table of Contents
Introduction
Part I. Exploring a Changing Landscape
1. Mapping the Public Life of the Arts in America
2. Toward an American Arts Industry
3. Raison d'Etat, Raisons des Arts: Thinking About Public Purposes
Part II. The Public and the Arts
4. Public Involvement in the Arts
5. American Public Opinion About the Arts and Culture: The Unceasing War with Philistia
6. The Government and Cultural Patronage: A Comparative Analysis of Cultural Patronage in the United States, France, Norway, and Canada
Part III. Perspectives from Arts Subsectors
7. The Career Matrix: The Pipeline for Artists in the United States
8. Economics of the Nonprofit Arts: Structure, Scope, and Trends
9. Flickering Images: The Business of Hollywood
Bibliography
Biographical Notes
Index
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