Distinction : a social critique of the judgement of taste /

Bourdieu, Pierre, 1930-2002.

Distinction : a social critique of the judgement of taste / Pierre Bourdieu ; translated by Richard Nice, with a new introduction by Tony Bennett. - London : Routledge, 2010. - xxx, 607 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm. - Routledge classics. . - Routledge classics. .

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.

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