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Cultural icons and cultural leadership

Kaufman, Peter Iver, editor, Bezio, Kristin M. S., editor

Overview

Authors in this illuminating book probe the social and spiritual contexts from which select iconic figures emerge as innovators and cultural leaders and draw material into forms that subsequent generations consider pioneering and emblematic. The book identifies creators such as novelists, poets, performers and dramatists who are leaders in their respective genres, and in culture and society at large, and examines the influence exerted on and by their works. Critics and admirers understand the cultural leaders discussed in this book as significant figures affecting social and political change. The chapters cover a range of genres, time periods and individuals, mixing literary and historical analysis with concerns relevant to leadership studies. The book includes a cross-disciplinary analysis focusing on its subjects' roles as leaders within and beyond their fields. Scholars and students of religion, history and popular culture with wide-ranging interests in the humanities will find this book a unique and fascinating look at cultural leadership.

• Publisher: Edward Elgar Publishing
• Subject: Arts Management. / Cultural industries Management. / Leadership.
• ISBN: 1786438054, 9781786438058

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Call Number	Copies	Material	Location
NX760.C85 2017	1	BOOK	ARTS