scholarly journals Mark Banks, Rosalind Gill, Stephanie Taylor (eds), Theorizing Cultural Work: Labour, Continuity and Change in the Cultural and Creative Industries

2015 ◽  
Vol 44 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Jaka Primorac ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Creative Industries ◽  
Cultural Work ◽  
Continuity And Change ◽  
Cultural And Creative Industries

Work and Play: Vagaries Surrounding Contemporary Cultural Production in Sydney's Dance Music Culture

2007 ◽  
Vol 123 (1) ◽  
pp. 123-137 ◽  
Author(s):  
Chris Brennan-Horley
Keyword(s):  
Social Relations ◽  
Cultural Production ◽  
Electronic Music ◽  
Research Direction ◽  
Creative Industries ◽  
Cultural Work ◽  
Dance Music ◽  
Music Culture ◽  
Music Scenes ◽  
Cultural And Creative Industries

Much recent research has documented how, under ‘creative’ capitalism, approaches towards work and types of work are changing. This paper extends this research direction, uncovering the discourses that influence conditions of work in one sector of the cultural industries: what can loosely be defined as the ‘dance music industry’. It examines the role that networking and social relations play in maintaining a music scene through which work opportunities are created. The paper also explores how attitudes toward work in this particular cultural pursuit are emblematic of wider shifts in working practices within the cultural and creative industries. The findings are based on interviews with various DJs and promoters within dance and electronic music scenes in Sydney. It is argued that the boundaries between work and non-work, and between ‘industry’ and ‘scene’, are porous for those engaged in this form of cultural production, with a need to further discuss the implications of these observations for the future of cultural work under advanced capitalism.

scholarly journals Drag Performers’ Perspectives on the Mainstreaming of British Drag: Towards a Sociology of Contemporary Drag

Sociology ◽  
2021 ◽  
pp. 003803852110083
Author(s):  
Mark McCormack ◽  
Liam Wignall
Keyword(s):  
Performing Arts ◽  
Social Stigma ◽  
Creative Industries ◽  
Public Data ◽  
Career Opportunity ◽  
Cultural And Creative Industries ◽  
British Culture ◽  
Depth Interviews ◽  
Inductive Analysis

Drag performance has entered mainstream British culture and is gaining unprecedented appreciation and recognition, yet no sociological accounts of this transformation exist. Using an inductive analysis of in-depth interviews with 25 drag performers, alongside netnography of media and other public data, this article develops a sociological understanding of the mainstreaming of drag. There are two clear reasons for the success of drag. First, there is a pull towards drag: it is now seen as a viable career opportunity where performers receive fame rather than social stigma in a more inclusive social zeitgeist, even though the reality is more complex. Second, there is a push away from other creative and performing arts because heteronormative perspectives persist through typecasting and a continued professional stigma associated with drag. In calling for a sociology of drag, future avenues for research on contemporary drag are discussed, alongside the need for the sociology of cultural and creative industries to incorporate sexuality as both a subject and analytic lens.

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