Rationalizing Culture

Rationalizing Culture
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Publisher : Univ of California Press
Total Pages : 415
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ISBN-10 : 9780520202160
ISBN-13 : 0520202163
Rating : 4/5 (163 Downloads)

Book Synopsis Rationalizing Culture by : Georgina Born

Download or read book Rationalizing Culture written by Georgina Born and published by Univ of California Press. This book was released on 1995-09-08 with total page 415 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: As a year-long participant-observer, Born studied the social and cultural economy of an institution for research and production of avant-garde and computer music. She gives a unique portrait of IRCAM's composers, computer scientists, technicians, and secretaries, interrogating the effects of the cultural philosophy of the controversial avant-garde composer, Pierre Boulez, who directed the institute until 1992.


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