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Pierre Bourdieu - The Rules of Art. Genesis and Structure of the Literary Field.  - 9780804725682 - V9780804725682
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The Rules of Art. Genesis and Structure of the Literary Field.

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Description for The Rules of Art. Genesis and Structure of the Literary Field. Hardback. Translator(s): Emanuel, Susan. Series: Meridian: Crossing Aesthetics. Num Pages: 431 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: ABA; DSBF; DSK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 236 x 156 x 39. Weight in Grams: 747.

Written with verve and intensity (and a good bit of wordplay), this is the long-awaited study of Flaubert and the modern literary field that constitutes the definitive work on the sociology of art by one of the world’s leading social theorists. Drawing upon the history of literature and art from the mid-nineteenth century to the present, Bourdieu develops an original theory of art conceived as an autonomous value. He argues powerfully against those who refuse to acknowledge the interconnection between art and the structures of social relations within which it is produced and received. As Bourdieu shows, art’s new autonomy ... Read more

The literary universe as we know it today took shape in the nineteenth century as a space set apart from the approved academies of the state. No one could any longer dictate what ought to be written or decree the canons of good taste. Recognition and consecration were produced in and through the struggle in which writers, critics, and publishers confronted one another.

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Product Details

Format
Hardback
Publication date
1996
Publisher
Stanford University Press United States
Number of pages
431
Condition
New
Series
Meridian: Crossing Aesthetics
Number of Pages
432
Place of Publication
Palo Alto, United States
ISBN
9780804725682
SKU
V9780804725682
Shipping Time
Usually ships in 15 to 20 working days
Ref
99-15

About Pierre Bourdieu
Pierre Bourdieu is Professor of Sociology at the Collège de France. Stanford University Press has published eight other books by Bourdieu, most recently Free Exchange, with Hans Haacke (Stanford, 1995).

Reviews for The Rules of Art. Genesis and Structure of the Literary Field.
"A major, pathbreaking work, The Rules of Art will stimulate theoretical debates for years to come."—Le Nouvel Observateur "The Rules of Art is consistently interesting, sometimes enthrallingly so. It is written with a clarity not commonly encountered in French writers on art, and with an irascible authority to which Bourdieu's acuity and learning certainly entitle him."—Arthur C. Danto, Johnsonian Professor ... Read more

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