»Art’s Refusal« examines the conditions of artistic labor within capitalist production relations, employing a Marxist methodology enriched by insights from theorists like Jacques Rancière. The book is divided into three interconnected chapters: the first explores the aesthetic and financial value of literary labor; the second provides a case study on T. S. Eliot‘s »The Waste Land«, revealing the socio-economic conditions of its creation; and the third analyzes the evolution of artistic labor post-World War II, particularly in the context of the „creative industries.“ Engaging with debates on artistic wages, unpaid labor, and cultural economics, this work offers a critical framework for understanding the economic and social dimensions of artistic production in contemporary society.
Stevan Bradić
Art’s Refusal
Conditions of Labor in Literature and the Visual Arts
Studien zur vergleichenden Literatur- und Kulturwissenschaft Band 10
2024
ISBN 978-3-8498-1978-1
103 Seiten
E-Book (PDF-Datei), 1 MB
Stevan Bradić (1982, Novi Sad, Serbia), graduated at the Department for Comparative Literature of the Faculty of Philosophy in Novi Sad, and earned his MA at the same Department as well as at the English Department of Stockholm University. He earned his PhD at the Department for Comparative Literature in Novi Sad.
Leseprobe: lp-9783849819774.pdf