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Distinction : a social critique of the judgement of taste / Pierre Bourdieu.

By: Bourdieu, Pierre.
Material type: materialTypeLabelBookPublisher: London : Routledge, 1986Description: xiv, 613 p. : ill. ; 20 cm. + pbk.ISBN: 0415045460; 0674212770.Subject(s): Aesthetics, French | Social classes -- France | France -- Civilization -- 1945-DDC classification: 305.550944
Contents:
Introduction -- Part I: A social critique of the judgement of taste -- The aristocracy of culture -- Part II: The economy of practices -- The social space and its transformations -- The habitus and the space of life-styles -- The dynamics of the fields -- Part III: Class tastes and life-styles -- The sense of distinction -- Cultural goodwill -- The choice of the necessary -- Culture and politics -- Conclusion: Classes and classifications -- Postscript: Towards a 'vulgar' critique of 'pure' critiques.
Holdings
Item type Current library Call number Copy number Status Barcode
General lending MTU Bishopstown Library Lending 305.550944 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) 1 Available 00015852
General lending MTU Crawford College of Art and Design Library Lending 305.550944 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) 1 Available 00055056
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Enhanced descriptions from Syndetics:

In this guide to the strategies of pretension in contemporary France, Bourdieu describes how class segments separate from each other by their contrasting attitudes towards art and beauty.

Includes bibliographical references (pages 561-604) and index.

Introduction -- Part I: A social critique of the judgement of taste -- The aristocracy of culture -- Part II: The economy of practices -- The social space and its transformations -- The habitus and the space of life-styles -- The dynamics of the fields -- Part III: Class tastes and life-styles -- The sense of distinction -- Cultural goodwill -- The choice of the necessary -- Culture and politics -- Conclusion: Classes and classifications -- Postscript: Towards a 'vulgar' critique of 'pure' critiques.