The economic and cultural role of the `creative industries' has gained a new prominence and centrality in recent years. These worlds are explored here through the most emblematic creative industry: advertising. Advertising Cultures presents a case-study of the social make-up, informal cultures and subjective identities of these creative practices.
Inhaltsverzeichnis
Introduction
PART ONE: ADVERTISING, CULTURAL INTERMEDIARIES AND CULTURAL ANALYSIS
Advertising and Commercial Culture
PART TWO: COMMERCE AND CREATIVITY
`Purveyors of Creativity
Advertising Agencies, Commercial Expertise and Creative Jobs
Déclassé and Parvenus? The Social and Educational Make-Up of Creative Jobs
The Cult of Creativity
Advertising Creatives and the Pursuit of Newness
PART THREE: GENDER, CREATIVITY AND CREATIVE JOBS
A Homosocial World? Masculinity, Creativity and Creative Jobs
Between Men
Masculinity and the Dynamics of Creative Partnerships
Pleasure at Work
The Gender Ambivalences of Work-Based Sociability
Conclusion