The Uses of Art: Contemporary Changes in Cultural Consumption and the Function of Art

In recent years aesthetics and cosmopolitanism have been linked in new ways. On the one hand, contemporary research in the sociology of art indicates an increasing openness and a potential cosmopolitanism in aesthetic taste and consumption. On the other hand, aesthetic concepts and ideals play an im...

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Main Author: Birgit Eriksson
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Linköping University Electronic Press 2011-12-01
Series:Culture Unbound: Journal of Current Cultural Research
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Online Access:http://dx.doi.org/10.3384/cu.2000.1525.113475