| Creativity and Cultural Improvisation Contributor(s): Hallam, Elizabeth (Editor), Ingold, Tim (Editor) |
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ISBN: 184520526X ISBN-13: 9781845205263 Publisher: Routledge OUR PRICE: $171.00 Product Type: Hardcover - Other Formats Published: April 2007 Annotation: There is no prepared script for social and cultural life. People work it out as they go along. "Creativity and Cultural Improvisation" casts fresh, anthropological eyes on the cultural sites of creativity that form part of our social matrix. The book explores the ways creative agency is attributed in the graphic and performing arts and in intellectual property law. It shows how the sources of creativity are embedded in social, political and religious institutions, examines the relation between creativity and the perception and passage of time, and reviews the creativity and improvisational quality of anthropological scholarship itself. Individual essays examine how the concept of creativity has changed in the history of modern social theory, and question its applicability as a term of cross-cultural analysis. The contributors highlight the collaborative and political dimensions of creativity and thus challenge the idea that creativity arises only from individual talent and expression. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Social Science | Anthropology - Cultural & Social - Social Science | Popular Culture - Social Science | Social Work |
| Dewey: 306.42 |
| LCCN: 2006102149 |
| Series: ASA Monographs (Berg Hardcover) |
| Physical Information: 0.96" H x 6.44" W x 9.25" (1.43 lbs) 348 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: There is no prepared script for social and cultural life. People work it out as they go along. Creativity and Cultural Improvisation casts fresh, anthropological eyes on the cultural sites of creativity that form part of our social matrix. The book explores the ways creative agency is attributed in the graphic and performing arts and in intellectual property law. It shows how the sources of creativity are embedded in social, political and religious institutions, examines the relationship between creativity and the perception and passage of time, and reviews the creativity and improvisational quality of anthropological scholarship itself. Individual essays examine how the concept of creativity has changed in the history of modern social theory, and question its applicability as a term of cross-cultural analysis. The contributors highlight the collaborative and political dimensions of creativity and thus challenge the idea that creativity arises only from individual talent and expression. |
Contributor Bio(s): Hallam, Elizabeth: - Elizabeth Hallam is Senior Lecturer in Social Anthropology, Department of Anthropology at University of Aberdeen. Ingold, Tim: -Tim Ingold is Professor, Department of Anthropology at University of Aberdeen. |