Constructing Accounting in the Mirror of Popular Music

dc.contributor.authorJacobs, Kerry
dc.contributor.authorEvans, Steve
dc.date.accessioned2015-12-08T22:18:00Z
dc.date.issued2012
dc.date.updated2016-02-24T11:13:29Z
dc.description.abstractPurpose: This paper aims to explore how accounting is entwined in the cultural practice of popular music. Particular attention is paid to how the accountant is constricted by artists in art and the role(s) the accountant plays in the artistic narrative. In effect this explores the notion that there is a tension between the notion of the bourgeois world of "the accountant" and the world of "art for art's sake". Design/methodology/approach: This paper draws on the cultural theory of Pierre Bourdieu to understand how the character of the accountant is constructed and used by the artist. Particular attention is paid in this respect to the biography and lyrics of the Beatles. Findings: Accounting and accountants play both the hero and the villain. By rejecting the "accountant villain", the artist identifies with and reinforces artistic purity and credibility. However, in order to achieve the economic benefits and maintain the balance between the "art" and the "money", the economic prudence of the bourgeois accountant is required (although it might be resented). Research limitations/implications: The analysis focuses on a relatively small range of musicians and is dominated by the biography of the Beatles. A further range of musicians and artists would extend this work. Further research could also be constructed to more fully consider the consumption, rather than just the production, of art and cultural products and performances. Originality/value: This paper is a novel consideration of how accounting stereotypes are constructed and used in the field of artistic creation.
dc.identifier.issn1368-0668
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/1885/31153
dc.publisherEmerald Group Publishing Ltd
dc.sourceAccounting Auditing and Accountability Journal
dc.subjectKeywords: Accounting; Beatles; Bourdieu; Culture; Music
dc.titleConstructing Accounting in the Mirror of Popular Music
dc.typeJournal article
local.bibliographicCitation.issue4
local.bibliographicCitation.lastpage702
local.bibliographicCitation.startpage673
local.contributor.affiliationJacobs, Kerry, College of Business and Economics, ANU
local.contributor.affiliationEvans, Steve, Flinders University
local.contributor.authoremailrepository.admin@anu.edu.au
local.contributor.authoruidJacobs, Kerry, u4391809
local.description.embargo2037-12-31
local.description.notesImported from ARIES
local.identifier.absfor150199 - Accounting, Auditing and Accountability not elsewhere classified
local.identifier.absseo950101 - Music
local.identifier.ariespublicationu4602557xPUB80
local.identifier.citationvolume25
local.identifier.doi10.1108/09513571211225097
local.identifier.scopusID2-s2.0-84860552076
local.identifier.thomsonID000307794700017
local.identifier.uidSubmittedByu4602557
local.type.statusPublished Version

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