Art’s Refusal: Conditions of Labor in Literature and the Visual Arts

Stevan Bradić

doi:10.5771/9783849819781

Summary

»Art’s Refusal« examines the conditions of artistic labor within capitalist production relations, employing a Marxist methodology enriched by insights from theorists like Jacques Rancière. The book is divided into three interconnected chapters: the first explores the aesthetic and financial value of literary labor; the second provides a case study on T. S. Eliot‘s »The Waste Land«, revealing the socio-economic conditions of its creation; and the third analyzes the evolution of artistic labor post-World War II, particularly in the context of the „creative industries.“ Engaging with debates on artistic wages, unpaid labor, and cultural economics, this work offers a critical framework for understanding the economic and social dimensions of artistic production in contemporary society.

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Edition: 1/2024
Copyright year: 2024
ISBN-Print: 978-3-8498-1977-4
ISBN-Online: 978-3-8498-1978-1
Publisher: Aisthesis, Bielefeld
Series: Studien zur vergleichenden Literatur- und Kulturwissenschaft
Volume: 10
Language: English
Pages: 103
Product type: Book Titles

Titelei/Inhaltsverzeichnis No access Pages 2 - 6
Introduction No access Pages 7 - 12
1. Text and the Objective Chain of Relations No access
2. Linguistic Property and Supplement No access
3. Literary Labor No access
4. Formalization of the Supplement No access
5. Concrete and Abstract Labor No access
6. Aesthetic Value and Abstract Labor No access
7. Autonomy No access
8. Beyond the Institution of Art No access
1. “Apologia for the literary life” No access
2. Imperfect Accounting No access
3. Lloyds and Bel Esprit No access
4. »The Waste Land« No access
5. Artist-Patron: Space of No Guarantees No access
1. State Mediation No access
2. Expansion of Institution No access
3. Internal Pressures No access
4. External Pressures No access
5. Project Form No access
6. All Things Creative and Cultural Economics No access
Conclusion No access Pages 89 - 97
Bibliography No access Pages 98 - 101
Acknowledgements No access Pages 102 - 102
About the author No access Pages 103 - 103