Producing local color : art networks in ethnic Chicago / Diane Grams.

Producing local color : art networks in ethnic Chicago /

In big cities, major museums and elite galleries tend to dominate our idea of the art world. But beyond the cultural core ruled by these moneyed institutions and their patrons are vibrant, local communities of artists and art lovers operating beneath the high-culture radar. Producing Local Color is...

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Main Author: Grams, Diane, 1957-
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: Chicago : University of Chicago Press, 2010.
Subjects:
Art and society > Illinois > Chicago.
Artists > Social networks > Illinois > Chicago.
Artists > Illinois > Chicago > Social conditions.
Ethnic art > Illinois > Chicago.
Marginality, Social > Illinois > Chicago.
Sociology, Urban > Illinois > Chicago.
Social sciences > Network analysis.
Pilsen (Chicago, Ill.) > Social life and customs.
Bronzeville (Chicago, Ill.) > Social life and customs.
Rogers Park (Chicago, Ill.) > Social life and customs.
Online Access: Full text (Wentworth users only)
Local Note:ProQuest Ebook Central
Table of Contents:
  • Theory of local art production networks
  • Local places
  • Community-based art and the ideologies of local participation
  • Aesthetic networks and cultural capital
  • Autonomy networks and artistic control
  • Problem-solving networks and social stability
  • Gentrification networks and the whitewashing of culture
  • Empowerment networks and the restoration of local culture
  • Post-urban culture?

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