Distinction : a social critique of the judgement of taste /
Pierre Bourdieu ; translated by Richard Nice, with a new introduction by Tony Bennett
- xxx, 607 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm
Originally published: Routledge Kegan & Paul, 1984
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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Middle class--France Aesthetics, French Judgment (Aesthetics)