Updated March 9, 2020 Socio-economics of the arts and literature, or cultural economics, is a field that studies the economics of creation, distribution, and the consumption of works of art, literature and similar creative and cultural products. For a long time, the concept of the “arts” were confined to visual arts (e.g., painting) and performing […]
100 Books: Texts That Influenced My Thinking and Scholarship–Nisbet’s The Quest for Community
February 11, 2020 by
Sociologist Robert Nisbet’s first important work, The Quest for Community (1953, 1969), claimed that modern social science’s individualism denied an important human drive toward community as it left people without the aid of their fellows to combat the centralizing power of the nation-state.
Sociology of Art and Literature: Richard Hoggart’s Uses of Literature
February 10, 2020 by
Richard Hoggart (born September 24, 1918) was a British academic who specialized in the study of literature and culture.
Film Theory: Auteurism, Authorship, Directors
January 27, 2020 by
The concept of authorship implies a certain autonomy and control to specific directors.






