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Building a Model of Aesthetic Legitimation Building a Model of Aesthetic Legitimation
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Bounding Objects Bounding Objects
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Defining the Author Defining the Author
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Disinterestedness Disinterestedness
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Authenticity Authenticity
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Space and Place Space and Place
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Colleges and Universities as Legitimating Organizations Colleges and Universities as Legitimating Organizations
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Intellectualizing Discourse Intellectualizing Discourse
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Publishing Publishing
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Specialization and Segmentation Specialization and Segmentation
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Conclusion Conclusion
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Abstract
This chapter assesses the aesthetic legitimation of creative fields in the postwar period. Based on an analysis of primary and secondary texts documenting the history of ten creative fields, it identifies the resources that helped advocates convince skeptics that these fields were, in fact, forms of art. The similarities among burgeoning artistic fields are hard to miss. Framed as disputes, these include debates over what objects and creators “belong” within the field and how objects should be valued, including important discussions among experts over which aesthetic or formal criteria of assessment are appropriate. Expanding legitimacy is signaled by the evolution of an intellectualized discourse and the maturation of critical and academic study. Increases in the provision of resources accompany this process, as spaces for publication or consumption of the work are created or adapted; of particular importance, legitimacy is signaled when fine-arts organizations provide such space. As the legitimation process proceeds, and consensus builds about how to act artfully within it, entrepreneurs are able to stake out new positions within the field. As they do so, communities of fellow artists begin to work in similar styles and compete for resources. Instead of draining the energy from a field, this energizes the legitimation process, lending credibility to those entrepreneurs who are seen as innovative and creative.
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