The Double Role of the Writer as Worker and Rentier
Keywords:
publishing industry, globalization, book market, author, writer, wage relations, copyrightAbstract
The dismantling of the “aesthetic welfare state” and the latest cycle of economic globalization have driven culture into the “production” of new capitalism for a new cycle of capitalist expansion. The article examines the new socioeconomic position of writers torn between the role of workers and rentiers.References
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