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This is the first comprehensive description of Pierre Bourdieus theory of culture and habitus. Within the wider intellectual context of Bourdieus 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 Bourdieus 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 Bourdieus account of the nature of capit
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Theory, Culture & Society caters for the resurgence of interest in culture within contemporary social science and the humanities. Building on the heritage of classical social theory, the book series examines ways in which this tradition has been reshaped by a new generation of theorists. It will also publish theoretically informed analyses of everyday life, popular culture, and new intellectual movements.
EDITOR: Mike Featherstone, Nottingham Trent University
SERIES EDITORIAL BOARD Roy Boyne, University of Durham Mike Hepworth, University of Aberdeen Scott Lash, Lancaster University Roland Robertson, University of Pittsburgh Bryan S. Turner, Deakin University
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Recent volumes in the Theory, Culture & Society book series include:
Cyberspace/Cyberbodies/Cyberpunk Cultures of Technological Embodiment edited by Mike Featherstone and Roger Burrows
Spatial Formations Nigel Thrift
The Body and Society Explorations in Social Theory Second edition Bryan S. Turner
The Social Construction of Nature Klaus Eder
Deleuze and Guattari An Introduction to the Politics of Desire Philip Goodchild
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Pierre Bourdieu and Cultural Theory
Critical Investigations
Bridget Fowler
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Bridget Fowler 1997
First published 1997
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CONTENTS
Acknowledgements
vi
Introduction
1
Part I Interpretative Studies
1 Situating Bourdieu: Cultural Theory and Sociological Perspective
13
2 Bourdieu's Cultural Theory
43
3 Bourdieu, Postmodernism, Modernity
69
4 The Historical Genesis of Bourdieu's Cultural Theory
85
Part II Critical Investigations
5 Bourdieu and Modern Art: The Case of Impressionism
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