{"product_id":"culture-is-bad-for-you-orian-brook-9781526144164","title":"Culture Is Bad for You: Inequality in the Cultural and Creative Industries","description":"\u003cp\u003eCulture will keep you fit and healthy. Culture will bring communities together. Culture will improve your education. This is the message from governments and arts organisations across the country; however, this book explains why we need to be cautious about culture. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eOffering a powerful call to transform the cultural and creative industries, Culture is bad for you examines the intersections between race, class, and gender in the mechanisms of exclusion in cultural occupations. Exclusion from culture begins at an early age, the authors argue, and despite claims by cultural institutions and businesses to hire talented and hardworking individuals, women, people of colour, and those from working-class backgrounds are systematically disbarred. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eWhile the inequalities that characterise both workforce and audience remain unaddressed, the positive contribution culture makes to society can never be fully realised.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Orian Brook, Dave O'Brien, Mark Taylor\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1526144166\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781526144164\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Manchester University Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 09\/14\/2020\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 384\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.95lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 7.70h x 5.10w x 1.20d","brand":"Orian Brook","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":43991489216767,"sku":"9781526144164","price":17.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_8991359a-8e79-42c4-ae6e-825b62768298.jpg?v=1683310599","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/culture-is-bad-for-you-orian-brook-9781526144164","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}