Pierre Bourdieu and Cultural Theory: Critical Investigations (Hardcover) (ISBN-13: 9780803976252)

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 capit

Author: Bridget Fowler
ISBN-10: 0803976259
ISBN-13: 9780803976252
Publisher: Sage Publications Ltd
Language: English
Published: 01/20/1997
Pages: 208
Format: Hardcover
Weight: 1.03lbs
Size: 9.21h x 6.14w x 0.50d