Creative Control: The Ambivalence Of Work In The Culture Industries

Description: Please refer to the section BELOW (and NOT ABOVE) this line for the product details - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Title:Creative Control: The Ambivalence Of Work In The Culture IndustriesISBN13:9780231193818ISBN10:0231193815Author:Siciliano, Michael L. (Author)Description:Workers In Cultural Industries Often Say That The Best Part Of Their Job Is The Opportunity For Creativity At The Same Time, Profit-Minded Managers At Both Traditional Firms And Digital Platforms Exhort Workers To Be Creative Even As Cultural Fields Hold Out The Prospect Of Meaningful Employment, They Are Marked By Heightened Economic Precarity What Does It Mean To Be Creative Under Contemporary Capitalism? And How Does The Ideology Of Creativity Explain Workers' Commitment To Precarious Jobs? Michael L Siciliano Draws On Nearly Two Years Of Ethnographic Research As A Participant-Observer In A Los Angeles Music Studio And A Multichannel Youtube Network To Explore The Contradictions Of Creative Work He Details How Such Workplaces Feature Engaging, Dynamic Processes That Enlist Workers In Organizational Projects And Secure Their Affective Investment In Ideas Of Creativity And Innovation Siciliano Argues That Performing Creative Labor Entails A Profound Ambivalence: Workers Experience Excitement And Aesthetic Engagement Alongside Precarity And Alienation Through Close Comparative Analysis, He Presents A Theory Of Creative Labor That Accounts For The Roles Of Embodiment, Power, Alienation, And Technology In The Contemporary Workplace Combining Vivid Ethnographic Detail And Keen Sociological Insight, Creative Control Explains Why Cool Jobs Help Us Understand How Workers Can Participate In Their Own Exploitation Binding:Paperback, PaperbackPublisher:Columbia University PressPublication Date:2021-03-02Weight:0.95 lbsDimensions:Number of Pages:304Language:English

Price: 37.83 USD

Location: USA

End Time: 2024-11-22T01:11:17.000Z

Shipping Cost: 0 USD