A Consecration That Never Comes
An artist’s life is nurtured by seldom fulfilled aspirations, of recognition and success especially. Indeed, most ordinary artists only partially or occasionally reach consecration in its various facets. Yet, while pleasure of practising one’s art is generally the main reason for satisfaction at wor...
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| में प्रकाशित: | URI:https://journals.openedition.org/bssg, |
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| स्वरूप: | Article ou chapitre numérique |
| भाषा: | Anglais |
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Biens Symboliques / Symbolic Goods
2021
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| ऑनलाइन पहुंच: | Accès Université d'Orléans et IFPM Accès Université d'Orléans et IFPM |
| सारांश: | An artist’s life is nurtured by seldom fulfilled aspirations, of recognition and success especially. Indeed, most ordinary artists only partially or occasionally reach consecration in its various facets. Yet, while pleasure of practising one’s art is generally the main reason for satisfaction at work, the long-term lack of recognition—or of credible prospects of recognition—is frequently a source of frustration. How do these artists of often humble origins manage to keep their careers going even though the symbolic rewards meant to make up for their precarious conditions escape them? This paper’s central hypothesis holds that the careers of ordinary artists are largely shaped by very unequal faculties to play with their aspirations: some lower them to ensure that the goal of making their childhood dreams come true isn’t immediately an insurmountable obstacle; others adjust them so that their expectations better fit the objective chances of success during their careers; yet others convert them into a new career plan when sustaining their artistic careers no longer appears possible. |
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