Culture, Class, Distinction

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Tony Bennett 저자(글)

Routledge · 2009년 08월 01일

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The book is co-authored by Tony Bennett, Mike Savage, Elizabeth Silva, Alan Warde, Modesto Gayo-Cal and David Wright. The book arises out of research conducted at the Economic and Social Research Council Centre for Research on Socio-cultural Change (CRESC), a major international center for the analysis of socio-cultural change.
Culture, Class, Distinction is major contribution to international debates regarding the role of cultural capital in relation to modern forms of inequality. Drawing on a national study of the organisation of cultural practices in contemporary Britain, the authors review Bourdieu's classic study of the relationships between culture and class in the light of subsequent debates. In doing so they re-appraise the relationships between class, gender and ethnicity, music, film, television, literary, and arts consumption, the organisation of sporting and culinary practices, and practices of bodily and self maintenance. As the most comprehensive account to date of the varied interpretations of cultural capital that have been developed in the wake of Bourdieu's work, Culture, Class, Distinction offers the first systematic assessment of the relationships between cultural practice and the social divisions of class, gender and ethnicity in contemporary Britain.It is essential reading for anyone interested in the relationships between culture and society.
The book is co-authored by Tony Bennett, Mike Savage, Elizabeth Silva, Alan Warde, Modesto Gayo-Cal and David Wright. The book arises out of research conducted at the Economic and Social Research Council Centre for Research on Socio-cultural Change (CRESC), a major international cente for the analysis of socio-cultural change. Tony Bennettis Research Professor of Social and Cultural Theory in the Centre for Cultural Research at the University of Western Sydney, and a Professorial Fellow in the Faculty of Arts at the University of Melbourne. Recent publications include Pasts Beyond Memory: Evolution, Museums, Colonialism; New Keywords: A Revised Vocabulary of Culture and Society (edited with Larry Grossberg and Meaghan Morris) and Handbook of Cultural Analysis (edited with John Frow). Mike Savageis Professor of Sociology at the University of Manchester and Director of the ESRC Centre for Socio-Cultural Change (CRESC). His interests are in social stratification, urban, and historical sociology. Elizabeth Silvais Professor of Sociology at the Open University and a member of the ESRC Centre for Research on Socio-cultural Change (CRESC). Her current research interests include social divisions, gender, cultural sociology, everyday life and qualitative methods. Recent publications include CulturalAnalysis: Bourdieu's Legacy(edited with Alan Warde, forthcoming), Contemporary Culture and Everyday Life(edited with Tony Bennett) and various journal articles on Bourdieu, cultural capital, gender, visual art and qualitative methods. Alan Wardeis Professor of Sociology at the University of Manchester. His current research interest include the sociology of consumption, with particular emphasis on food, cultural sociology, social stratification and economic sociology. Modesto Gayo-Cal is an Assistant Professor in the School of Sociology at Diego Portales University, in Santiago de Chile. His main areas of interest are: middle class politics, cultural participation and inequalities, and theories of nationalism. He was a research fellow on the Cultural Capital and Social Exclusion Project at the ESRC Centre for Research on Socio-cultural Change (CRESC), based at the University of Manchester. David Wrighthas published extensively in the field of cultural sociology and is an Assistant Professor in Cultural Policy Studies at the University of Warwick. He was a research fellow on the Cultural Capital and Social Exclusion Project at the ESRC Centre for Research on Socio-cultural Change (CRESC), based at the Open University.
Culture, Class, Distinctionis major contribution to international debates regarding the role of cultural capital in relation to modern forms of inequality. Drawing on a national study of the organisation of cultural practices in contemporary Britain, the authors review Bourdieu "s classic study of the relationships between culture and class in the light of subsequent debates. In doing so they re-appraise the relationships between class, gender and ethnicity, music, film, television, literary, and arts consumption, the organisation of sporting and culinary practices, and practices of bodily and self maintenance. As the most comprehensive account to date of the varied interpretations of cultural capital that have been developed in the wake of Bourdieu "s work, Culture, Class, Distinctionoffers the first systematic assessment of the relationships between cultural practice and the social divisions of class, gender and ethnicity in contemporary Britain. It is essential reading for anyone interested in the relationships between culture and society.
Culture, Class, Distinctionis major contribution to international debates regarding the role of cultural capital in relation to modern forms of inequality. Drawing on a national study of the organisation of cultural practices in contemporary Britain, the authors review Bourdieu's classic study of the relationships between culture and class in the light of subsequent debates. In doing so they re-appraise the relationships between class, gender and ethnicity, music, film, television, literary, and arts consumption, the organisation of sporting and culinary practices, and practices of bodily and self maintenance. As the most comprehensive account to date of the varied interpretations of cultural capital that have been developed in the wake of Bourdieu's work, Culture, Class, Distinctionoffers the first systematic assessment of the relationships between cultural practice and the social divisions of class, gender and ethnicity in contemporary Britain. It is essential reading for anyone interested in the relationships between culture and society.
Many books are being written about Pierre Bourdieu, turning him into a theoretical "classic". But Bennett, Savage and their colleagues have written a book to read alongside Bourdieu, using his work as a model and stimulation for continuing empirical inquiry. With rich new data they tackle the question of how specific Bourdieu "s famous analysis of Distinction is to France. They show tastes are different in Britain, but that the analytic framework linking tastes to class, cultural capital and habitus is not only transportable but effective and revealing. This is an important book. Craig Calhoun, President of the Social Science Research Council Culture, Class, Distinction/ defines the new research frontier in the sociological understanding of the intersection of culture and inequality. Resolutely empirical in orientation, the authors creatively build on and go beyond the seminal work of Pierre Bourdieu to consider simultaneously symbolic boundaries in the context of racial and ethnic diversity, gendered patterns of cultural preferences, specific fields of cultural practices (reading, music, the visual arts, the body), and much more. Social scientists within and beyond the UK have much to learn from this ambitious and path-breaking collective research. Mich le Lamont, Professor of Sociology at Harvard University. A superb achievement: at once a cogent theoretical reappraisal of Bourdieu's masterwork of 20th century sociology, and a uniquely wide-ranging study, offering powerful insights, into the changing contours of culture in British society today. Like Distinction, this book will remain a centrepiece of international sociology Georgina Born, Professor of Sociology, Anthropology and Music, University of Cambridge Culture, Class, Distinction is the most sophisticated mapping of British cultural practices and preferences ever undertaken. Using cutting-edge techniques of statistical analysis and engaging critically with the sociology of culture developed by Pierre Bourdieu, it explores the cultural dimensions of class, gender and ethnicity across a range of fields. This is a major contribution to understanding the roots of social inclusion and exclusion in British life, and a complex and subtle piece of social theory. John Frow, Professor of English at School of Culture & Communication University of Melbourne The amount of labour that has gone into this work is nothing short of impressive. One can only be grateful for the information produced by the authors concerning the relation between social location and cultural practice in Britain today. But the book does a lot more than this. It offers a highly nuanced analysis of this information. It is an excellent example of how one can innovate theoretically while doing empirical research. Ghassan Hage, Professor of Anthropology and Social Theory, University of Melbourne
Many books are being written about Pierre Bourdieu, turning him into a theoretical "classic". But Bennett, Savage and their colleagues have written a book to read alongside Bourdieu, using his work as a model and stimulation for continuing empirical inquiry. With rich new data they tackle the question of how specific Bourdieu's famous analysis of Distinction is to France. They show tastes are different in Britain, but that the analytic framework linking tastes to class, cultural capital and habitus is not only transportable but effective and revealing. This is an important book.Craig Calhoun, President of the Social Science Research Council Culture, Class, Distinction/ defines the new research frontier in the sociological understanding of the intersection of culture and inequality. Resolutely empirical in orientation, the authors creatively build on and go beyond the seminal work of Pierre Bourdieu to consider simultaneously symbolic boundaries in the context of racial and ethnic diversity, gendered patterns of cultural preferences, specific fields of cultural practices (reading, music, the visual arts, the body), and much more. Social scientists within and beyond the UK have much to learn from this ambitious and path-breaking collective research.Mich?e Lamont, Professor of Sociology at Harvard University.A superb achievement: at once a cogent theoretical reappraisal of Bourdieu's masterwork of 20th century sociology, and a uniquely wide-ranging study, offering powerful insights, into the changing contours of culture in British society today. Like Distinction, this book will remain a centrepiece of international sociologyGeorgina Born, Professor of Sociology, Anthropology and Music, University of CambridgeCulture, Class, Distinction is the most sophisticated mapping of British cultural practices and preferences ever undertaken. Using cutting-edge techniques of statistical analysis and engaging critically with the sociology of culture developed by Pierre Bourdieu, it explores the cultural dimensions of class, gender and ethnicity across a range of fields. This is a major contribution to understanding the roots of social inclusion and exclusion in British life, and a complex and subtle piece of social theory.John Frow, Professor of English at School of Culture & Communication University of MelbourneThe amount of labour that has gone into this work is nothing short of impressive. One can only be grateful for the information produced by the authors concerning the relation between social location and cultural practice in Britain today. But the book does a lot more than this. It offers a highly nuanced analysis of this information. It is an excellent example of how one can innovate theoretically while doing empirical research.Ghassan Hage, Professor of Anthropology and Social Theory, University of Melbourne
'Many books are being written about Pierre Bourdieu, turning him into a theoretical "classic". But Bennett, Savage and their colleagues have written a book to read alongside Bourdieu, using his work as a model and stimulation for continuing empirical inquiry. With rich new data they tackle the question of how specific Bourdieu's famous analysis of Distinction is to France. They show tastes are different in Britain, but that the analytic framework linking tastes to class, cultural capital and habitus is not only transportable but effective and revealing. This is an important book.' -Craig Calhoun, President of the Social Science Research Council 'Culture, Class, Distinctiondefines the new research frontier in the sociological understanding of the intersection of culture and inequality. Resolutely empirical in orientation, the authors creatively build on and go beyond the seminal work of Pierre Bourdieu to consider simultaneously symbolic boundaries in the context of racial and ethnic diversity, gendered patterns of cultural preferences, specific fields of cultural practices (reading, music, the visual arts, the body), and much more. Social scientists within and beyond the UK have much to learn from this ambitious and path-breaking collective research.' -Mich?e Lamont, Professor of Sociology at Harvard University. 'A superb achievement: at once a cogent theoretical reappraisal of Bourdieu's masterwork of 20th century sociology, and a uniquely wide-ranging study, offering powerful insights, into the changing contours of culture in British society today. Like Distinction, this book will remain a centrepiece of international sociology.' -Georgina Born, Professor of Sociology, Anthropology and Music, University of Cambridge 'Culture, Class, Distinctionis the most sophisticated mapping of British cultural practices and preferences ever undertaken. Using cutting-edge techniques of statistical analysis and engaging critically with the sociology of culture developed by Pierre Bourdieu, it explores the cultural dimensions of class, gender and ethnicity across a range of fields. This is a major contribution to understanding the roots of social inclusion and exclusion in British life, and a complex and subtle piece of social theory.' -John Frow, Professor of English at School of Culture & Communication University of Melbourne 'The amount of labour that has gone into this work is nothing short of impressive. One can only be grateful for the information produced by the authors concerning the relation between social location and cultural practice in Britain today. But the book does a lot more than this. It offers a highly nuanced analysis of this information. It is an excellent example of how one can innovate theoretically while doing empirical research.' -Ghassan Hage, Professor of Anthropology and Social Theory, University of Melbourne 'Bennett et al. will have a deservedly wider appeal. Anyone who teaches Distinction should draw on this work both for its empirical findings and the quality of its assessment of the arguments made by Bourdieu.' -Ted Ulas,University of Sussex, in Cultural Sociology '[Takes] advantage of the detail and scope of a customized nationally representative survey and of accompanying rich qualitative information to untangle the intricate distinctions of class, gender, age, and ethnicity that characterize cultural differences in contemporary Britain.' -Ivaylo D. Petev, Stanford University, in European Sociological Review, Oct 2010
Drawing on the first systematic study of cultural capital in contemporary Britain, Culture, Class, Distinction examines the role played by culture in the relationships between class, gender and ethnicity. Its findings promise a major revaluation of the legacy of Pierre Bourdieu's account of the relationships between class and culture.

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저자(글) Tony Bennett

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• List of tables	p. xiii
  List of figures	p. xv
  Acknowledgements	p. xvi
  Note to the reader	p. xix
  Introduction	p. 1
  Situating the analysis	p. 7
  Culture after Distinction	p. 9
  Introduction	p. 9
  Bourdieu's three axioms	p. 11
  Contestations over Bourdieu in French sociology	p. 14
  Bourdieu in the sociology of stratification and education	p. 16
  Bourdieu in cultural sociology	p. 17
  Bourdieu in cultural and media studies	p. 20
  Conclusion	p. 22
  Researching cultural capital: questions of theory and method	p. 24
  Introduction	p. 24
  Habitus and the dispersal of practices	p. 25
  Disaggregating cultural capital	p. 28
  Field theory and the relational organisation of the social	p. 31
  Methodological overtures	p. 36
  Conclusion	p. 39
  Mapping tastes, practices and individuals	p. 41
  Mapping British cultural taste and participation	p. 43
  Introduction	p. 43
  Using multiple correspondence analysis	p. 45
  The space of lifestyles: a cultural map of Britain in 2003	p. 48
  Social groups and the space of lifestyles	p. 52
  The class structure of Britain	p. 54
  Conclusion	p. 56
  Individuals in cultural maps	p. 58
  Introduction	p. 58
  Individuals in the space of lifestyles	p. 59
  Snobbery and diversity in accounts of taste	p. 66
  Conclusion	p. 71
  Cultural fields and the organisation of cultural capital	p. 73
  Tensions of the musical field	p. 75
  Introduction	p. 75
  Music as a contested cultural field	p. 75
  Contours of musical taste	p. 78
  The intensities of musical taste	p. 82
  Music and performance	p. 89
  Conclusion	p. 92
  Popular and rare: exploring the field of reading	p. 94
  Introduction	p. 94
  The functions of reading	p. 95
  Book cultures	p. 97
  Newspapers and magazines: the uses of everyday reading	p. 106
  Conclusion	p. 110
  A sociological canvas of visual art	p. 113
  Introduction	p. 113
  Contrasting paintings	p. 115
  Consuming visual art	p. 123
  Appreciating visual art	p. 126
  Conclusion	p. 130
  Contrasting dynamics of distinction: the media field	p. 132
  Introduction	p. 132
  The different class registers of television and cinema	p. 135
  Television and new practices of distinction	p. 142
  Film and the differential value of 'aesthetics' and 'the real'	p. 147
  Conclusion	p. 149
  Cultural capital and the body	p. 152
  Introduction	p. 152
  The concept of embodied cultural capital	p. 153
  Sport and physical exercise	p. 155
  Bodily adornment and care	p. 160
  Eating and cuisine	p. 164
  Conclusion	p. 168
  Resum?of Part III: Tensions and dynamics	p. 170
  The social dimensions of distinction	p. 175
  Cultural formations of the middle classes	p. 177
  Introduction	p. 177
  The debate on the middle classes	p. 178
  The British middle classes	p. 179
  Unravelling omnivorousness	p. 182
  Middle-class identification	p. 191
  Conclusion	p. 193
  Culture and the working class	p. 195
  Introduction	p. 195
  Taking account of culture	p. 196
  The British working class today	p. 198
  Detachment	p. 201
  Local games of distinction: divisions within the working class	p. 205
  Class hostility?	p. 209
  Conclusion	p. 212
  Gender and cultural capital	p. 214
  Introduction	p. 214
  Gender and household relations	p. 217
  Cultural fields and the gendering of individuals	p. 220
  Contested gender identities	p. 227
  Conclusion	p. 232
  Nation, ethnicity and globalisation	p. 234
  Introduction	p. 234
  Home and away	p. 238
  The culture-scapes of England, America and Europe	p. 245
  Conclusion	p. 249
  Conclusion	p. 251
  Methodological appendices	p. 260
  Focus groups	p. 260
  The survey and its analysis	p. 262
  Household interviews	p. 275
  Elite interviews	p. 278
  Cast of characters	p. 279
  Notes	p. 283
  References	p. 289
  Index	p. 301
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ISBN	9780415560771 ( 0415560772 )
발행(출시)일자	2009년 08월 01일
쪽수	316쪽
크기	155 * 231 * 20 mm / 544 g
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