Culture is Not an Industry: Reclaiming art and culture for the common good
Manchester University Press, $34.99 pb, 294 pp
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Intractable definitions
A book written by an English author and published by an English academic press with first-page references to New Labour, Conservative austerity, and Brexit might seem, at first glance, of little interest to or relevance for Australian readers. Yet anyone concerned with or about the state of the arts in this country and further afield will find much stimulus, provocation, and food for thought in the latest work of a prolific academic-activist entrepreneur who has occupied posts in three Australian universities since 2008, besides presenting at conferences and consulting widely with UN agencies and local and national governments throughout Asia, Europe, and the Pacific.
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Culture is Not an Industry: Reclaiming art and culture for the common good
by Justin O’Connor
Manchester University Press, $34.99 pb, 294 pp
ABR receives a commission on items purchased through this link. All ABR reviews are fully independent.
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