Pierre Bourdieu and Cultural Theory by Bridget Fowler

Pierre Bourdieu and Cultural Theory by Bridget Fowler

This is the first comprehensive description of Pierre Bourdieu′s theory of culture and habitus. Within the wider intellectual context of Bourdieu′s work, this book provides a systematic reading of his assessment of the role of `cultural capital′ in the production and consumption of symbolic goods. Bridget Fowler outlines the key critical debates that inform Bourdieu′s work. She introduces his recent treatment of the rules of art, explains the importance of his concept of capital - economic and social, symbolic and cultural - and defines such key terms as habitus, practice and strategy, legitimate culture, popular art and distinction. The book focuses particularly on Bourdieu′s account of the nature of capitalist modernity, on the emergence of bohemia and, with the growth of the market, the invention of the artist as the main historical response to the changed place of art.

`This book acknowledges the relative lack of interest in, or the fairly selective reception of, the work of Bourdieu in the Anglo-American world, especially with regard to his sociology of cultureThe book is therefore an attempt to introduce Bourdieu′s analysis of cultural phenomena (in particular of literature and painting), as well as an invitation to remedy the virtual absence of any critical debate regarding

some of his more antagonistic claims. The author portrays Bourdieu′s theory as comprehensive and sophisticated, less idealistic in its reserved attitude towards French post structuralism than it is truly

synthetic in its formulation of classical social theory in the wake of late capitalism. The monograph′s inclusion in the series Theory, Culture & Society reflects this concern with the resurgence of interest in

cultural theory within the contemporary domains of social science and of the humanities in general′ - Pragmatics

John Eldridge, University of Glasgow, UK Huw Beynon, Cardiff University, UK Howard Davis, Bangor University, UK Matt Dawson, University of Glasgow, UK Tony Elger, University of Warwick, UK Bridget Fowler, University of Glasgow, UK John Holmwood, University of Nottingham, UK John MacInnes, University of Edinburgh, UK David Miller, University of Bath, UK Greg Philo, University of Glasgow, UK Andrew Smith, University of Glasgow, UK Tim Strangleman, University of Kent, UK Giuliana Tiripelli, University of Glasgow, UK Kevin Williams, Swansea University, UK Brian Winston, University of Lincoln, UK

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ISBN 13	9780803976269
ISBN 10	0803976267
Title	Pierre Bourdieu and Cultural Theory
Author	Bridget Fowler
Series	Published In Association With Theory Culture And Society Ser
Condition	Unavailable
Binding Type	Paperback
Publisher	Sage Publications Ltd
Year published	1997-01-20
Number of pages	208
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