Preface 1. What is art? What is the sociology of art? 2. Why sociologists have neglected the arts and why this is changing 3. Studying the art object sociologically 4. The art object as social process 5. Are artists born or made? 6. Structural support, audiences, and social uses of art 7. How the arts change and why 8. Where does the sociology of art stand, and where is it going? References Index.
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