Who gets to be a creative worker? In Blame the Intern: On (Not) Breaking Into the Creative Economy, Alexandre Frenette, an Assistant Professor of Sociology at Vanderbilt University, examines the relationship between work and education in the difficult moment of the early career transition from university to industry. Drawing on a detailed case study of the music industry, the book explains and critiques the way internships have come to dominate routes into many careers in contemporary society. An accessible yet theoretically rich read, the book will be of interest to creative workers at any point in their career, as well as sociologists and humanities scholars, along with any reader interested in how and why our workplaces are so unequal.
About the Author
Alexandre Frenette is assistant professor of sociology at Vanderbilt University.
About the Host
Dave O’Brien is Professor of Cultural and Creative Industries, at the University of Manchester.