theory and discourse surrounding the arts and culture sectors globally, or even in Canada
Introduction
We can’t possibly cover all the theory and discourse surrounding the arts and culture sectors globally, or even in Canada, in one 12 week semester. Thus, each of you will have the chance to explore an area of personal interest in more depth by reading, and then reviewing, a book from the list below. If you can’t find a book on the list that interests you, then you can suggest a book, provided you outline your reasons for choosing an alternate text and detail how it links to the course materials, at least three weeks before the assignment is due.
The idea behind this assignment is to allow you to delve into a topic in some depth. This is also an opportunity to practice critical thinking, since I’m looking for a book review not a book report. For more information on how to write a book review, I recommend you check out this source: https://library.concordia.ca/help/writing/book-report.php. Often, when writing a book review it is helpful to have a specific frame of reference, to think about the ‘traditional’ way of doing things or reflect on ‘how things used to be done’ and how current practice differs. I have included below a list of books that can help you with this because they contain chapters discussing how various cultural industries have traditionally operated. These books have been placed on reserve at the library.

Books Recommended for Review
Additional Books Added 27Jan16
These books have been placed on reserve at the library, with a 5 day loan period. If no one else requests the book, you may be able to renew the loan period. Alternatively, you may be able to find used or electronic copies at a low price, or borrow the book from a branch of the public library. You will notice that some of the books were published several years ago. This gives you the opportunity to comment on whether the author’s conclusions still have application today.
• Beagan, Brenda L. (2014) Acquired Tastes: Why families eat the way they do. Vancouver, BC: University of British Columbia Press. (Connect via Scholars Portal Books, through the CU library).
• Berger, John (1972) Ways of Seeing. London: British Broadcasting Corp. (Call No: N7430.5.W39).
• Beinhorn, Michael (2015) Unlocking Creativity: a producer’s guide to making music and art. Montclair, NJ: Hal Leonard Books. (Call No: ML3470.B444 2015).
• Boddy, Trevor (1989) The Architecture of Douglas Cardinal. Edmonton, AB: NeWewt. (Call No: NA749.C37B63).
• Borcoman, James, et al. (1983) Karsh: the art of the portrait. Ottawa: National Gallery of Canada (Call No: TR680.K269).
• Bourdieu, Pierre (1990) Photography, a middle-brow art. Stanford, CA: Stanford University Press (Call No: TR183.B6613 1990)
• Bourdieu, Pierre, Alain Darbel and Dominique Schapper (1997) The Love of Art: European Art Museums and their Public. NY: Polity Press (ordered)
• Charnas, Dan (2010) The big payback: the history of the business of hip-hop. NY: New American Library (Call No: ML3918.R37 C52 2010).
• Cinotto, Simone (2014) Making Italian America: consumer culture and the production of ethnic identities. NY: Fordham University Press. (Call No: HF5415.33.U6 M35 2014).
• Conrad, Margaret et al. (2013) Canadians and Their Pasts. Toronto: University of Toronto Press (Call No: FC95.5.C33 2013).
• Dresner, Lisa M. (2007) The female investigator in literature, film, and popular culture. Jefferson, NC: McFarland & Co. (Call No: PR830.D4 D74 2007).
• Fiske, John (1989) Understanding Popular Culture. Boston: Unwin Hyman (Call No: CB151.F574)
• Geraghty, Lincoln (Ed.) (2008) The influence of Star Trek on television, film and culture. Jefferson, NC: McFarland. (Call No: PN1992.8.S74 I54 2008).
• Hantke, Steffen (Ed.) (2004) Horror film: creating and marketing fear. Jackson: University Press of Mississippi. (Call No: PN1995.9.H6 H674 2004).
• Kitch, Carolyn (2001) The girl on the magazine cover: the origins of visual stereotypes in American mass media. Chapel Hill, NC: University of North Carolina Press (Call No: P94.5.W652 U655 2001)
• Langford, Martha (2001) Suspended Conversations: The Afterlife of Memory in Photographic Albums. Montreal and Kingston: McGill-Queen’s Press (TR650.L35 2001)
• Leland, John (2005) Hip: The History. NY: Harper Collins (Call No: E169.1 L527 2004)
• Levine, Lawrence W. (1988) Highbrow/Lowbrow: The Emergence of Cultural Hierarchy in America. Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press (Call No: E169.1 L536)
• Lewis, Lisa A. (Ed.) (1992) The Adoring Audience: fan culture and popular media. London and New York: Routledge. (Call No: HM291.A343).
• Martin, Carol (1994) Dance Marathons: Performing American Culture in the 1920s and 1930s. Jackson, Mississippi: University Press of Mississippi (ordered)
• McMichael Canadian Art Collection with William Moore and Stuart Reid (1999) Celebrating Life: the art of Doris McCarthy. Kleinburg, ON: McMichael Canadian Art Collection (Call No: ND249.M275A4 1999).
• Morley, David (1986) Family Television: Cultural Power and Domestic Leisure. London and NY: Routledge (Call No: HE8700.66.G7M67)
• Morrisseau, Norval and Donald Cyril Robinson (1997) Norval Morrisseau: travels to the house of invention. Toronto, ON: Key Porter Books (Call No: NG249.M66 A4 1997).
• Negus, Keith (1999) Music genres and corporate cultures. London and New York: Routledge. (Call No: ML3790.N4).
• Neufeld, James E. (1996) Power to Rise: the story of the National Ballet of Canada. Toronto: University of Toronto Press. (Call No: CV1786.N25N48).
• Odjig, Daphne, Rosamond M. Vanderburgh and Beth Southcott (1992) A paintbrush in my hand. Toronto: Natural Heritage/Natural History. (Call No: ND249.O34V35).
• Penfold, Steven (2008) The Donut: a Canadian history. Toronto: University of Toronto Press (Call No: HD9057.C22 P45 2008).
• Peterson, Richard A. (1992) You wrote my life; lyrical themes in country music. Philadelphia, PA: Gordon (Call No: ML3524.Y68)
• Peterson, Richard A. (1997) Creating country music: fabricating authenticity. Chicago: University of Chicago Press (Call No: ML3524.P48)
• Robertson, Iain and Derrick Chong (Eds.) (2008) The art business. London: Routledge (connect via Taylor & Francis eBooks).
• Seabrook, John (2000) NoBrow: the culture of marketing the marketing of culture. NY: A.A. Knopf (Call No: P94.65.U6 S4)
• Seabrook, John (2015) The Song Machine: Inside the Hit Factory. NY: W.W. Norton (Call No: ML3790.S382 2015).
• Sontag, Susan (1977) On Photography. NY: Farrar, Straus and Giroux (Call No: TR183.S65 1977)
• Stalling Huntington, Carla (2011) Black Social Dance in Television Advertising: An Analytical History. Jefferson, NC: Mcfarland & Co (ordered)
• Staniszewski, Mary Anne (1995) Believing is Seeing: Creating the Culture of Art. NY: Penguin (Call No: N72.5.S72)
• Thompson, Donald N. (2008) The $12 million stuffed shark: the curious economics of contemporary art. NY: Palgrave Macmillan. (Call No: N6490.T525 2008).
• Thompson, Donald N. (2014) The supermodel and the Brillo box: back stories and peculiar economics from the world of contemporary art. NY: Palgrave Macmillan. (Call No: N6490.T528 2014).
• Thornton, Sarah (2009) Seven days in the art world. NY: W.W. Norton. (Call No: N8600.T485 2009).
• Tucker, Susan, Katherine Ott and Patricia P. Buckler (Eds.) (2006) The Scrapbook in American Life. Philadelphia, PA: Temple University Press. (Call No: TR465.S39345 2006).
• Walk, Ansgar (1999) Kenojuak. The life story of an Inuit artist. Manotick, ON: Penumbra Press (Call No: N6449 K456 W3414).
• Walle, Alf H. (2000) The cowboy hero and Its Audience: Popular Culture as Market Derived Art. Bowling Green, OH: Bowling Green State University Popular Press (Call No: PS374.W4 W25 2000).
• Witt, Stephen (2015) How Music Got Free: The End of an Industry, the Turn of the Century, and the Patient Zero of Piracy. NY: Viking Press (ML3790.W59 2015)
• Wolff, Janet (1993) The Social Production of Art. NY: New York University Press (Call No: NX180.S6W64 1993).
Resource Books
These books contain chapters that discuss how various cultural industries operate or have operated in Canada and/or more broadly.
Dorland, Michael (1996) The Cultural Industries in Canada: Problems, Policies and Prospects. Toronto: James Lorimar & Company (Call No: NX634.C844 – multiple copies in library; one on reserve)
• Discusses: book/newspaper/periodical publishing; sound recording and radio; film and video production; public television.
Butsch, Richard (2000) The Making of American Audiences from Stage to Television, 1750-1990. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. (Call No: PN1590.A9.B88)
• Discusses: theatre, radio and TV history
Vogel, Harold L. (1994) Entertainment industry economics: A guide for financial analysis, 3rd ed. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press (Call No: PN1590.F55.V6 1994)
• Discusses: movie industry, music, television, live entertainment, and performing arts & culture. Provides a brief overview and comments on the role of marketing.

Format
Your review should be double-spaced, equivalent to Times New Roman 12 point font, and 1250 to 1500 words in length.