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049 _aAlfaisal Main Library
050 0 0 _aNX720
_b.G54 2004
245 0 0 _aGifts of the muse :
_breframing the debate about the benefits of the arts /
_cKevin F. McCarthy ... [et al.].
264 1 _aSanta Monica, CA :
_bRAND,
_c2004.
300 _axix, 104 pages :
_billustrations ;
_c26 cm
336 _atext
_btxt
_2rdacontent
337 _acomputer
_bc
_2rdamedia
337 _aunmediated
_bn
_2rdamedia
338 _aonline resource
_bcr
_2rdacarrier
338 _avolume
_bnc
_2rdacarrier
500 _a"RAND Research in the Arts."
504 _aIncludes bibliographical references (p. 93-104).
505 0 _aIntroduction -- Instrumental benefits: what research tells us; and what it does not -- Instrumental benefits: can we be more specific? -- The missing link: intrinsic benefits -- The process of arts participation: how is it related to benefits? -- Conclusions and implications.
520 _aFaced with intense competition for audiences and financial support, as well as adverse political fallout from the "culture wars" of the early 1990s, arts advocates have increasingly sought to make a case for the arts in terms of their instrumental benefits to individuals and communities. In this report documenting the most comprehensive study of its kind, the authors evaluate the strengths and weaknesses of these instrumental arguments and make the case that a new approach to understanding the benefits of the arts is needed. Critical of what they view as an overemphasis on instrumental benefits, the authors call for a greater recognition of the intrinsic benefits of the arts experience, provide a more comprehensive framework for assessing the private and public value of both intrinsic and instrumental benefits, and link the realization of those benefits to the nature of arts involvement. In particular, they underscore the importance of sustained involvement in the arts to the achievement of both instrumental and intrinsic benefits. This study has important policy implications for access to the arts, childhood exposure to the arts, arts advocacy, and future research on the arts.
530 _aAlso available on the internet via WWW in PDF format.
650 0 _aArts and society.
650 0 _aGovernment aid to the arts.
655 7 _aElectronic books.
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700 1 _aMcCarthy, Kevin F.,
_d1945-
_eauthor.
700 1 _aOndaatje, Elizabeth Heneghan.
_eauthor.
700 1 _aZakaras, Laura.
_eauthor.
700 1 _aBrooks, Arthur C.,
_d1964-
_eauthor.
710 _aRand eBooks.
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