Looking For Non-publics

Quebec publishers

The near-militant voluntarism of the active players in cultural mediation engenders certain expectations: after a large investment in cultural creation is it not justifiable to aspire to reach the largest possible audience? Nine researchers from France, Québec and Mexico tackle the question of “Non-public” through both qualitative and quantitative contributions dealing with various cultural sectors.

Table of contents
Looking For Non-publics	1
The Culture et publics Collection	4
Preface - On Publics, Non-Publics, Former Publics, Future publics, Almost Publics, and their students and genealogies	9
Contents	23
List of Tables and Figues	27
Introduction - Looking for Non-Publics	31
1. The Role of the Term Non-Public in Ordering Cultural Initiatives	37
2. Personality	57
3. The Evolution of Publics at Artistic and Cultural Events in Quebec and in the United States	79
4. Publics and Non-Publics of Cultural Heritage	101
5. "Non-Publics" of Legitimised Cultural Goods. Who are they?	123
6. When the Audience of Art Movie Theatres is not the Audience of Art Films	145
7. From a Non-Publics of Museums to Publics of Free Admission	165
In the same collection	189