Cultural Analysis and Bourdieu's Legacy: Settling Accounts and Developing Alternatives
About this ebook
This edited collection offers sustained critical engagement, substantiated by new empirical work. It presents concrete evidence of different approaches to the interpretation of culture in Britain, France and the USA. Discussions are situated in relation to current debates about cultural analysis, in particular the vibrant and extensive disputes concerning the applicability of Bourdieu’s concepts and methods. Subsequently, implications for the future of research work in cultural analysis, including into theory and methods, are drawn. The contributing authors offer key interpretations of the work of Bordieu, arguments for alternative approaches to cultural analysis, and critical applications of his concepts in empirical analysis.
This book is essential reading for graduate students of sociology, cultural studies, social anthropology or cultural geography, providing great insight into the work of one of the most eminent contemporary scholars in the field of cultural analysis.
About the author
Elizabeth Silva is Professor of Sociology at the Open University. She is a member of the project team of Cultural Capital and Social Exclusion (CCSE) and of the Centre for Research on Socio-Cultural Change (CRESC). She has published various sole authored and co-authored articles using CCSE material. Her editing experience includes 4 books and 3 special editions of scholarly journals.
Alan Warde is Professor of Sociology at the University of Manchester. He is a member of the project team of Cultural Capital and Social Exclusion and has authored and co-authored several articles using its data. His editing experience includes 8 books and 3 special editions of scholarly journals.
