The Field of Cultural Production: Essays on Art and Literature - Softcover

Bourdieu, Pierre

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0745609872 ISBN 13: 9780745609874

Publisher: Polity, 1993

Synopsis

The Field of Cultural Production brings together Bourdieua s most important writings on art, literature and aesthetics. Bourdieu develops a highly original approach to the study of literary and artistic works, addressing many of the key issues that have preoccupied literary, art and cultural criticism in the late twentieth century: aesthetic value and judgement, the social contexts of cultural practice, the role of intellectuals and artists, and the structures of literary and artistic authority. Bourdieu elaborates a theory of the cultural field which situates artistic works within the social conditions of their production, circulation and consumption. He examines the individuals in institutions involved in making products: not only the writers and artists, but also the publishers, critics, dealers, galleries and academies. He analyses the structure of the cultural field itself, as well as its position within the broader social structures of power. The essays gathered together in this volume examine a variety of substantive topics, including Flauberta s point of view, Maneta s aesthetic revolution, the historical creation of the pure gaze, and the relationship between art and power. The Field of Cultural Production will be of interest to students and scholars from a wide range of disciplines: sociology and social theory, literature, art and cultural studies.

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Review:

Bourdieu's lucid analysis of the field of cultural production once again provides us with key terms for understanding the issues. -- Professor Lisa Jardine, University of London

About the Author:

Pierre Bourdieu was Professor of Sociology at the College de France

About this edition

• Publisher: Polity
• Publication date: 1993
• ISBN 10: 0745609872
• ISBN 13: 9780745609874
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 336