Download or read book The Politics of Cultural Work written by M. Banks and published by Springer. This book was released on 2007-11-09 with total page 228 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Through a wide-ranging study of labour in the cultural industries, this book critically evaluates how various sociological traditions - including critical theory, governmentality and liberal-democratic approaches - have sought to theorize the creative cultural worker, in art, music, media and design-based occupations.