Mark Banks The Politics of Cultural Work. Palgrave Macmillan, 2007. First edition. 9780230019218 228 pages. Hardcover volume, measuring approximately 6" x 9", is bound in illustrated boards. Book is in fine condition, with solid binding, clean and bright interior. "What is 'cultural work'? How are we to understand the 'art-commerce relation'? The Politics of Cultural Work answers these questions through a wide-ranging study of labour in the cultural industries. It critically evaluates how various sociological traditions - including critical theory, governmentality and liberal-democratic approaches - have sought to theorize the creative cultural worker, in art, music, media and design-based occupations. It evaluates whether the cultural worker should be seen as a creative, autonomous subject - or as a mere victim of the 'culture industry'."