{"product_id":"fringe-to-famous-tony-moore-9781501334887","title":"Fringe to Famous: Cultural Production in Australia After the Creative Industries","description":"\u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003eFringe to Famous\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cb\u003eexamines exchange between small scenes of cultural production and mainstream institutions and markets.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003eDrawing on Australian examples in music, streetwear, comedy, screen and digital games, it argues that there has been much greater crossover between the two than is generally recognized.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003eThe book resists a tendency to represent fringe and mainstream as abstract opposites, bringing a focus instead to concrete historical formations. It offers an alternative both to romantic celebrations of a 'pure' fringe - discredited now by half a century of critical responses to the counterculture - and to an increasingly hardened anti-romantic reaction.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003eDrawing on extensive original interviews, \u003ci\u003eFringe to Famous\u003c\/i\u003e offers an overview of transformations in Australian culture since the 1980s, concluding with suggestions for cultural policy 'after the creative industries'. It proposes an idea of 'generative hybridity' between fringe and mainstream that allows us to imagine new possibilities for arts and culture in the 2020s and beyond.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Tony Moore, Mark Gibson, Chris McAuliffe\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1501334883\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781501334887\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Bloomsbury Publishing PLC\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 02\/22\/2024\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 280\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.19lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.69d","brand":"Tony Moore","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":44080302522623,"sku":"9781501334887","price":120.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_f4d8f999-19ac-4ac6-8921-a0574540e389.jpg?v=1685486063","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/fringe-to-famous-tony-moore-9781501334887","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}