Through a wide-ranging study of labour in the cultural industries, this book critically evaluates how various sociological traditions - including critical theory, governmentality and liberal-democratic approaches - have sought to theorize the creative cultural worker, in art, music, media and design-based occupations.
Acknowledgements Introducing Cultural Work 'Culture Industry' and Cultural Work Governmentality and Cultural Work The Construction of Creativity Choice, Reflexivity and 'Alternative' Cultural Work Space, Place and Cultural Work Cultural Work and Moral Futures Appendix Bibliography Index
