{"product_id":"culture-is-bad-for-you-orian-brook-9781526177810","title":"Culture Is Bad for You: Inequality in the Cultural and Creative Industries, Revised and Updated Edition","description":"\u003cp\u003eThe revised and updated edition of this popular title shines a light on the precarious situation of art workers today. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eCulture keeps you fit and healthy. Culture brings communities together. Culture improves your education. This is the message endlessly repeated by the government and arts organisations. But as this ground-breaking book explains, we need to be cautious about culture. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Culture is bad for you presents an unflinching portrait of the cultural landscape in the UK today. It reveals how women, people of colour and those from working-class backgrounds are systematically excluded, despite the claims of cultural institutions and businesses. Updated to provide a report on the situation after COVID, this edition reveals that despite grand promises from those at the top, exclusion and precarity remain the norm. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e While inequalities of workforce and audience remain unaddressed, the positive contribution culture makes to society can never be fully realised. This book offers a powerful call to transform cultural and creative industries.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Orian Brook, Dave O'Brien, Mark Taylor\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1526177811\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781526177810\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 03\/25\/2025\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 408\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback","brand":"Orian Brook","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":46451166970111,"sku":"9781526177810","price":19.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_f05094c7-5711-4bbd-a06c-744755f89366.jpg?v=1735876655","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/culture-is-bad-for-you-orian-brook-9781526177810","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}