Rius-Ulldemolins / Rubio-Arostegui / Gisbert-Gracia The Hidden Side of the Creative City

Culture Instrumentalization, Political Control and Social Reproduction in Valencia
1. Auflage 2021
ISBN: 978-3-030-81249-2
Verlag: Springer International Publishing
Format: PDF
Kopierschutz: 1 - PDF Watermark

E-Book, Englisch, 214 Seiten, eBook

Reihe: Progress in Mathematics

This book analyses issues related to the political use and economical misappropriation of urban cultural events, cultural infrastructures, public resources, and cultural traditions in the city of Valencia, Spain. It deals critically with a variety of sociological questions related to cultural production in the city, including geographical segregation as culturally defined in the city; misogyny and the peripheral role of women in traditional cultural events, xenophobia; and nationalism/regionalism.As such, the book will be useful to students and scholars of sociology of the arts, cultural policy, and museum management, and urban sociology.

Zielgruppe

Research

Autoren/Hrsg.

Rius-Ulldemolins, Joaquim

Rubio-Arostegui, Juan Arturo

Gisbert-Gracia, Verònica

Inhaltsverzeichnis

1. Introduction: urban development and cultural policy “white elephants”, Joaquim Rius-Ulldemolins and Arturo Rubio Arostegu.- 2. Regional Entrepreneurialism, ‘Creative City’ and Strategic Projects in València, Joaquim Rius-Ulldemolins, Francisco Torres and Gil-Manuel Hernàndez.- 3. Local cultural policy, political orientations, cultural management model and results of public cultural action in València, Joaquim Rius-Ulldemolins and Ricardo Klein.- 4. Cultural White Elephants in the Creative City, Joaquim Rius-Ulldemolins, and Vicent Flor.- 5. Traditional culture, creative city and social reproduction: the Fallas case, Joaquim Rius-Ulldemolins, Verònica Gisbert-Gracia and Carles Vera.- 6. The “Queen of the festivity”? Traditional festivities and social reproduction of gender inequalities, Verònica Gisbert-Gracia, Joaquim Rius-Ulldemolins and Gil-Manuel Hernàndez.-7. Conclusions

Über Autor(innen)

Joaquim Rius-Ulldemolins is Associate Professor of Sociology at the Department of Sociology and Social Anthropology, University of Valencia (UV), Spain Juan Arturo Rubio Arostegui  is Associate Professor and Director of the Doctoral School at Nebrija University, Madrid, Spain Verònica Gisbert-Gracia  is Lecturer in Sociology and Social Anthropology, University of Valencia (UV), Spain