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100 1 _aSiciliano, Michael L.
_eauthor.
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245 1 0 _aCreative control :
_bthe ambivalence of work in the culture industries /
_cMichael L. Siciliano.
264 1 _aNew York :
_bColumbia University Press,
_c2021
300 _aix, 300 pages :
_billustrations ;
_c23 cm
504 _aIncludes bibliographical references and index.
520 _a"Workers in cultural industries often say that the best part of their job is the opportunity for creativity. At the same time, profit-minded managers at both traditional firms and digital platforms exhort workers to "be creative." Even as cultural fields hold out the prospect of meaningful employment, they are marked by heightened economic precarity. What does it mean to be creative under contemporary capitalism? And how does the ideology of creativity explain workers' commitment to precarious jobs? Michael L. Siciliano draws on nearly two years of ethnographic research as a participant-observer in a Los Angeles music studio and a multichannel YouTube network to explore the contradictions of creative work. He details how such workplaces feature engaging, dynamic processes that enlist workers in organizational projects and secure their affective investment in ideas of creativity and innovation. Siciliano argues that performing creative labor entails a profound ambivalence: workers experience excitement and aesthetic engagement alongside precarity and alienation. Through close comparative analysis, he presents a theory of creative labor that accounts for the roles of embodiment, power, alienation, and technology in the contemporary workplace. Combining vivid ethnographic detail and keen sociological insight, Creative Control explains why "cool" jobs help us understand how workers can participate in their own exploitation"--
_cProvided by publisher.
650 7 _aIndústria cultural
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650 7 _aCriatividade
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650 7 _aCriatividade nos negócios
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650 0 _aTrabalho
_xAspectos sociais
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