Culture is Bad for You: Inequality in the Cultural and Creative Industries

Culture is bad for you examines the intersections between race, class, and gender in the mechanisms of exclusion in cultural occupations, arguing that exclusion from culture begins at an early age and that women, people of color, and those from working-class backgrounds are systematically disbarred. Despite claims by cultural institutions and businesses to hire talented and hardworking individuals, the positive contribution of culture to society can never be fully realized.

\n Format: Paperback / softback
\n Length: 384 pages
\n Publication date: 14 September 2020
\n Publisher: Manchester University Press
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Culture will keep you fit and healthy.
Culture will bring communities together.
Culture will improve your education.
This is the message from governments and arts organizations across the country; however,
this book explains why we need to be cautious about culture.
Offering a powerful call to transform the cultural and creative industries,
Culture is bad for you examines the intersections between race, class, and gender in the mechanisms of exclusion in cultural occupations.
Exclusion from culture begins at an early age, the authors argue, and despite claims by cultural institutions and businesses to hire talented and hardworking individuals, women, people of color, and those from working-class backgrounds are systematically disbarred.
While the inequalities that characterize both workforce and audience remain unaddressed, the positive contribution culture makes to society can never be fully realized.

\n Weight: 422g\n
Dimension: 129 x 198 x 32 (mm)\n
ISBN-13: 9781526144164\n \n