Fringe and Fortune: The Role of Critics in High and Popular ArtWhy does the distinction between high and popular art persist in spite of postmodernist predictions that it should vanish? Departing from the conventional view that such distinctions are class-related, Wesley Shrum concentrates instead on the way individuals form opinions about culture through the mediation of critics. He shows that it is the extent to which critics shape the reception of an art form that determines its place in the cultural hierarchy. Those who patronize "lowbrow" art--stand-up comedy, cabaret, movies, and popular music--do not heed critical opinions nearly as much as do those who patronize "highbrow" art--theater, opera, and classical music. Thus the role of critics is crucial to understanding the nature of cultural hierarchy and its persistence. Shrum supports his argument through an inquiry into the performing arts, focusing on the Edinburgh Fringe, the world's largest and most diverse art festival. |
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... reputation for criticism during the Festival . Arts editor Allan Wright lent encouragement during the early going . His “ witches and warlocks ” l have guided , entertained , amused , and terrorized spectators and performers for many ...
... reputation has been pricked by the tip of my poisoned tongue . But Mr. King stays , witnessing a pause - laden soliloquy on the difficulties of doing a play without scenery , sound , lighting , costume , characters , plot , dialogue ...
... reputations within genres , assignments that are at least partly the responsibility of specialists . When works are publicly offered and experienced by more than just a few fellow artists and friends , they are subject to criticism , a ...
... to determine whether , independent of other factors , reviews made any difference . Larger audiences are associated with the reputation of the performing group and greater media coverage . More favorable reviews , A CRITIC'S NEW CLOTHES 17.
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Contents
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CHAPTER | 25 |
CHAPTER | 42 |
CHAPTER THREE | 63 |
TABLES | 69 |
CHAPTER FOUR | 83 |
Assembly Rooms | 85 |
CHAPTER FIVE | 109 |
CHAPTER SEVEN | 144 |
CHAPTER EIGHT | 165 |
CHAPTER NINE | 181 |
CHAPTER | 193 |
EPILOGUE | 213 |
NOTES | 229 |
BIBLIOGRAPHY | 265 |
CHAPTER | 125 |