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Record Nr.

UNINA9910783625803321

Titolo

Cultural industries and the production of culture / / edited by Dominic Power and Allen J. Scott

Pubbl/distr/stampa

London ; ; New York : , : Routledge, , 2004

ISBN

1-134-32973-3

0-203-68511-3

1-134-32974-1

1-280-04738-0

0-203-39226-4

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (281 p.)

Collana

Routledge studies in international business and the world economy ; ; 33

Altri autori (Persone)

PowerDominic <1973->

ScottAllen John

Disciplina

384/.09/045

Soggetti

Arts - Economic aspects

Cultural industries

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Book Cover; Title; Contents; Notes on contributors; Introduction; A prelude to cultural industries and the production of culture; Trends and opportunities in the cultural economy; Mapping the cultural industries: regionalization;  the example of South East England; Cities, culture and ~transitional economies~: developing cultural industries in St. Petersburg; Putting e-commerce in its place: reflections on the impact of the internet on the cultural industries; Creativity, cities and places; Creativity, fashion and market behavior; The designer in the city and the city in the designer

Creative resources of the Japanese video game industryMaking a living in London's small-scale creative sector; Clustering processes in cultural industries; Toward a multidimensional conception of clusters: the case of the Leipzig media industry, Germany; Manufacturing culture in Birmingham's Jewelry Quarter; Beyond production clusters: towards a critical political economy of networks in the film and television industries; Peripheral regions and global markets; Miniature painting,



cultural economy and territorial dynamics in Rajasthan, India

Profiting from creativity? The music industry in Stockholm, Sweden and Kingston, JamaicaCultural industry production in remote places: indigenous popular music in Australia; Index

Sommario/riassunto

Since the Second World War there has been considerable growth in the importance of non-manufacturing based forms of production to the performance of many Western economies. Many countries have seen increased contributions being made by industries such as the media, entertainment and artistic sectors. Gathering together a leading international, multi disciplinary team of researchers, this informative book presents cutting-edge perspectives on how these industries function, their place in the new economy and how they can be harnessed for urban and regional economic and social developme