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Distinction : a social critique of the judgement of taste / Pierre Bourdieu ; translated by Richard Nice, with a new introduction by Tony Bennett.

By: Language: English Series: Routledge classicsPublication details: London : Routledge, 2010.Description: xxx, 607 pages : illustrations ; 22 cmISBN:
  • 9780415567886 (pbk.)
  • 0415567882 (pbk.)
Uniform titles:
  • Distinction, critique sociale du judgement. English.
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 305.550944 22
LOC classification:
  • DC33.7 .B67 2010
Summary: In 'Distinction', Pierre Bourdieu brilliantly illuminates the social pretentions of the middle classes in the modern world. Focusing on the French bourgeoisie - its tastes and preferences - 'Distinction' is at once a vast ethnography of contemporary France and a dissection of the bourgeois mind.
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Originally published: Routledge Kegan & Paul, 1984.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

In 'Distinction', Pierre Bourdieu brilliantly illuminates the social pretentions of the middle classes in the modern world. Focusing on the French bourgeoisie - its tastes and preferences - 'Distinction' is at once a vast ethnography of contemporary France and a dissection of the bourgeois mind.

Translated from the French.

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