{"product_id":"9781526177797","title":"Culture is Bad For You","description":"Author: Orian Brook\u003cbr\u003eISBN: 9781526177797\u003cbr\u003ePublisher: Manchester University Press\u003cbr\u003eYear first published: 02 Jul 2025\u003cbr\u003ePages: 400 \u003cbr\u003eFormat: Hardback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eThe revised and updated edition of this popular title shines a light on the precarious situation of art workers today.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eCulture keeps you fit and healthy. Culture brings communities together. Culture improves your education. This is the message endlessly repeated by the government and arts organisations. But as this ground-breaking book explains, we need to be cautious about culture.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eCulture is Bad For You\u003c\/i\u003e presents an unflinching portrait of the cultural landscape in the UK today. It reveals how women, people of colour and those from working-class backgrounds are systematically excluded, despite the claims of cultural institutions and businesses. Updated to provide a report on the situation after COVID, this edition reveals that despite grand promises from those at the top, exclusion and precarity remain the norm.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWhile inequalities of workforce and audience remain unaddressed, the positive contribution culture makes to society can never be fully realised. This book offers a powerful call to transform cultural and creative industries.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e'If you'd like something to wave in the face of naysayers who think the cream always rises to the top, this is it.'  Kit de Waal, author of \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eMy Name is Leon\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Ships in 10 to 15 days","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47920557981854,"sku":"ING-9781526177797","price":194.78,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0400\/9043\/5742\/files\/9781526177797.jpg?v=1782823806","url":"https:\/\/classicbargains.com.au\/products\/9781526177797","provider":"Classic Bargains Australia","version":"1.0","type":"link"}