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

By:

Bourdieu, Pierre, 1930-2002

Material type: Text

TextLanguage: 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.

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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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Item type	Current library	Home library	Call number	Copy number	Status	Date due	Barcode	Item holds
Book	Ayesha Abed Library General Stacks	Ayesha Abed Library General Stacks	305.550944 BOU (Browse shelf(Opens below))	1	Checked out	02/08/2026	3010029718

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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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