The Field of Cultural Production

Recommended by John Thompson as part of his approaches to media theory.

Overview

 * Ended up reading only the chapter on art production. Found it highly reductive and not compelling. Bourdieu's approach to media and culture places all activities on a rigid schema of actors and actions. This approach, while well-substantiated is at once too technical and too abstract (i.e. every "rule" is easily contradictable). No doubt it will be an excellent text to revisit. But for now, it's on to other readings.


 * Part of At Cambridge