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- Cultural Democracy: The Arts, Community, and the Public Purpose
- Book
- 2010
- Published by: University of Illinois Press
summary
Cultural Democracy explores the crisis of our national cultural vitality, as access to the arts becomes increasingly mediated by a handful of corporations and the narrow tastes of wealthy elites. Graves offers the concept of cultural democracy as corrective--an idea with important historic and contemporary validation, and an alternative pathway toward ethical cultural development that is part of a global shift in values.
Drawing upon a range of scholarship and illustrative anecdotes from his own experiences with cultural programs in ethnically diverse communities, Graves explains in convincing detail the dynamics of how traditional and grassroots cultures may survive and thrive--or not--and what we can do to provide them opportunities equal to those of mainstream, Eurocentric culture.
Drawing upon a range of scholarship and illustrative anecdotes from his own experiences with cultural programs in ethnically diverse communities, Graves explains in convincing detail the dynamics of how traditional and grassroots cultures may survive and thrive--or not--and what we can do to provide them opportunities equal to those of mainstream, Eurocentric culture.
Table of Contents
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- Appreciation
- pp. ix-xii
- Introduction
- pp. 1-22
- 1. Communion
- pp. 23-40
- 2. Tradition and Innovation
- pp. 41-61
- 3. Presentation and Participation
- pp. 62-85
- 4. Conservation and Commercialization
- pp. 86-107
- 5. Donation and Deduction
- pp. 108-126
- 6. Education
- pp. 127-144
- 7. Mediation
- pp. 145-174
- 8. Globalization and Localization
- pp. 175-195
- 9. Revolution
- pp. 196-220
- Works Cited
- pp. 235-246
Additional Information
ISBN
9780252091407
Related ISBN(s)
9780252029653, 9780252072086
MARC Record
OCLC
609597745
Pages
272
Launched on MUSE
2013-01-01
Language
English
Open Access
No
Copyright
2004