Gifts of the Muse : Reframing the Debate about the Benefits of the Arts.
Kevin F. McCarthy
Bok Engelsk 2001 · Electronic books.
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| Opplysninger | Cover -- Preface -- Figures -- Summary -- Acknowledgments -- Chapter One - Introduction -- Study Approach -- Report Overview -- Chapter Two - Intrumental Beneftis: What Research Tells Us - And What It Does Not -- Cognitive Benefits -- BenefitsTypes of Benefits and Populations Studied -- Types of Arts Involvement -- Methods -- Attitudinal and Behavioral Benefits -- Types of Benefits and Populations Studied -- Types of Arts Involvement -- Methods -- Health Benefits -- Types of Benefits and Populations Studied -- Types of Arts Involvement -- Methods -- Community-Level Social Benefits -- Types of Benefits -- Types of Arts Involvement -- Methods -- Economic Benefits -- Types of Benefits -- Methods -- Evaluation of the Literature -- Chapter Three - Instrumental Benefits: Getting More Specific -- Creating Benefits to Individuals -- Arts-Rich School Environment and Associated Benefits -- Arts Used as Pedagogical Tool and Associated Benefits -- Arts as a Means of Teaching Non-Arts Subjects -- Direct Instruction in the Arts and Associated Benefits -- Creating Benefits to Communities -- Social Benefits -- Economic Benefits: Why They Are a Special Case -- Conclusions -- Individual-Level Benefits -- Community-Level Benefits -- Chapter Four - Intrinsic Benefits: The Missing Link -- Approach -- Art as a Communicative Experience -- What the Artist Conveys -- Aesthetic Experience and Its Intrinsic Benefits -- Immediate Intrinsic Benefits Inherent in the Arts Experience -- Expansion of Individual Capacities -- Contributions to the Public Sphere -- Conclusion -- Chapter Five - The Process of Arts PArticipation: How It Relates to Benefits -- Gateway Experiences -- Transforming Occasional into Frequent Participants -- High Levels of Engagement: The Key to Frequent Participation -- Modeling the Decisionmaking Process.. - Shaping Perceptions and Inclinations: Background Factors and Early ArtsExperiences -- From Practical Considerations to the Arts Experience -- Key Determinants of Arts Participation Decisions for Frequent Participants -- Cumulative Effects of Arts Participation -- Bottom Line -- Chapter Six - Conclusions and Implications -- Problems with the Current Policy Approach -- Problems with Instrumental Arguments -- Insufficient Emphasis on Intrinsic Benefits -- Undue Emphasis on Arts Supply and Financial Support -- A New Approach -- A Broader View of the Public Benefits of the Arts -- The Central Role of Intrinsic Benefits in Arts Participation -- Factors Behind Sustained Arts Involvement -- Policy Implications -- Recommendations -- Appendix - Review of the Theoretical Research -- Bibliography.. - During the past decade, arts advocates have relied on an instrumental approach to the benefits of the arts in arguing for support of the arts. This report evaluates these arguments and asserts that a new approach is needed. This new approach offers a more comprehensive view of how the arts create private and public value, underscores the importance of the artsÂ' intrinsic benefits, and links the creation of benefits to arts involvement.. - Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, Michigan : ProQuest Ebook Central, 2021. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest Ebook Central affiliated libraries.
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