The work of cultural intermediaries and the enduring distance between production and consumption

被引:217
作者
Negus, K [1 ]
机构
[1] Univ London, Dept Media & Commun Studies, Univ London Goldsmiths Coll, London WC1E 7HU, England
关键词
cultural intermediaries; culture industries; Bourdieu; work;
D O I
10.1080/09502380210139089
中图分类号
Q98 [人类学];
学科分类号
030303 ;
摘要
This article raises some critical questions about cultural intermediaries as both a descriptive label and analytic concept. In doing so, it has two main aims. First, it seeks to provide some clarification, critique and suggestions that will assist in the elaboration of this idea and offer possible lines of enquiry for further research. Second, it is argued that whilst studying the work of cultural intermediaries can provide a number of insights, such an approach provides only a partial account of the practices that continue to proliferate in the space between production and consumption. Indeed, in significant ways, a focus on cultural intermediaries reproduces rather than bridges the distance between production and consumption. The paper focuses on three distinct issues. First, some questions are raised about the presumed special significance of cultural intermediaries within the production/ consumption relations of contemporary capitalism. Second, how 'creative' and active cultural intermediaries are within processes of cultural production is discussed. Third, specific strategies of inclusion/exclusion adopted by this occupational grouping are highlighted in order to suggest that access to work providing 'symbolic goods and services' is by no means as fluid or open as is sometimes claimed.
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页码:501 / 515
页数:15
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