ISBN:
9781487577537
,
1487577532
Language:
English
Pages:
1 Online-Ressource (xiv, 253 pages)
Parallel Title:
Erscheint auch als Tippett, Maria, 1944- Making culture
Keywords:
Art patronage
;
Arts Management
;
Arts - Canada - 20e siècle - Histoire
;
Mécénat - Canada
;
Arts - Canada - Gestion
;
ART - Performance
;
ART - Reference
;
ART - Canadian
;
Art patronage
;
Arts - Management
;
Cultural policy
;
Canada Cultural policy
;
Canada Civilization 20th century
;
Canada Social life and customs 20th century
;
Canada - Social life and customs - 20th century
;
Canada - Civilisation - 20e siècle
;
Canada - Vie intellectuelle - Histoire
;
Canada - Mœurs et coutumes - 20e siècle
;
Canada
;
Canada - Civilisation - 20e siècle
;
Canada - Vie intellectuelle - 20e siècle
;
Canada - Moeurs et coutumes - 20e siècle
;
Canada - Politique culturelle - 20e siècle
Abstract:
Canadian culture began, according to popular belief, in the late 1950s with the establishment of the Canada Council, and blossomed in the nationalist celebrations of the 1960s. The truth, as Maria Tippett shows in this study, is very different. From the late nineteenth century forward, Canada has enjoyed a complex, wide-ranging, and diverse cultural life. Its musicians, visual artists, dramatists, and writers, professional and amateur, have been active in rural areas and urban centres, supported by philanthropists, consumers, and governments. Tippett reveals the breadth, depth, and character of cultural activity in English Canada. She also explores the infrastructure that sustained it in the nineteenth century and into the middle of the twentieth: educational institutions, public and private patrons, cultural organizations, and foreign influences. By focusing on these factors rather than on cultural artefacts, she provides all those involved in cultural studies with a new way of coming to grips with the cultural and the historical process. Her study also paves the way for an understanding of the Massey Commission, the Canada Council, and the flourishing of Canadian culture in the years since the council's establishment. Making Culture is a richly detailed picture of a vigorous cultural environment and the foundations that enable it to grow
Description / Table of Contents:
1. From the campfire to the concert hall: the professionalization of cultural activity -- 2. 'An identity of tastes and aspirations': educating performers and their audiences -- 3. 'A mad desire to bring about state control': government patronage and the arts -- 4. Volunteers, subscribers, and millionaires: the character of private patronage -- 5. Learning 'on foreign walking sticks': cultural philanthropists, influences, and models from abroad -- 6. 'The beginning of a co-ordinated artistic life': the Second World War and its aftermath.
Note:
Includes bibliographical references (pages 191-236) and index
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