Art for art's sake or selling up?

European Journal of Communication

Volumn 23, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 295-317

  Faulkner, Simon ^b   Leaver, Adam ^a,d   Vis, Farida ^c   Williams, Karel ^a,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

^b MANCHESTER METROPOLITAN UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^c OPEN UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^d Open University

Author keywords

Cultural entrepreneurs; Independent television production; Selling up; Super indies; Wealth

Indexed keywords

EID: 50149121549     PISSN: 02673231     EISSN: 14603705     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0267323108092537     Document Type: Article

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