The refracted portrait of the artist: The cultural reproduction of artist attributes through the Venice Film Festival
Bonnie Blair,
Jared Bok
Abstract:Research has shown how ‘cultural consecration’ grants economic and symbolic benefits to cultural producers and their creations. Yet few studies adopting this approach have explored the content of these creations themselves. Consecration is a contagious process, and culturally consecrated objects also consecrate the representations contained within. Drawing on insights from the sociology of culture and art history, this study qualitatively analyses and illustrates the reproduction of three social roles of ‘the … Show more
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