Cultural Capitals - 9781138254978

Taylor & Francis

This book is about the power of the arts to enhance city images, urban economies and communities. It offers a series of five case studies to examine how the arts contribute to sustainable urban regeneration. > This is a book about the power of the arts to enhance city images, urban economies and communities. Anchored in academic discussion of the Cultural Industries - what they are, how they have emerged, why they matter and how they should be theorized - the book offers a series of case studies drawn from five countries: Australia, Singapore, Spain, the UK and the US to examine how the arts contribute to sustainable urban regeneration. > 1: Creating Value, Valuing Creativity; 2: Conceptualising the Cultural Industries/Cultural Capitals; 3: The Emergence of Cultural Capitals; 4: Glasgow: Cultural Tourism and Design; 5: Bilbao: The Guggenheim and Post-modern City of Spectacle; 6: Singapore: Post-colonial City of Cultural Heritage and Performance; 7: Geelong as a Cultural Capitala