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Varriale, Simone (2014) Bourdieu and the sociology of cultural evaluation : lessons from the Italian popular music press. Rassegna Italiana di Sociologia, Volume 2014 (Number 1). pp. 121-148. doi:10.1423/76934 ISSN 0486-0349.
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Official URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.1423/76934
Abstract
This article discusses the impact of Pierre Bourdieu's social theorising on two related fields of debate, namely research about the evaluative practices of cultural critics, and research about the artistic legitimation of popular culture. More specifically, the article argues that the concept of field (Bourdieu 1993, 1996) makes it possible to investigate the ways in which criticism, as a cultural category, is "struggled over" by competing groups of experts and audiences. In this respect, field theory helps to address criticism as a field in itself, rather than as an uncontested and uniform cultural institution. The article will first contend that Bourdieu's attention to struggles over classifications and practices remains underappreciated in the sociological research about critics; then, it will argue that a field perspective may enhance the study of the institutional diversification of criticism within popular culture. This claim will be substantiated discussing some findings of the author's research about popular music criticism, and more specifically about the rise of specialised music magazines in 1970s Italy. The discussion will conclude considering the possibilities that field theory may open up for future research, particularly in relation to the impact of digital media on the institutions and practices of criticism.
| Item Type: | Journal Article | ||||||||||
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| Subjects: | D History General and Old World > DG Italy H Social Sciences > H Social Sciences (General) H Social Sciences > HM Sociology H Social Sciences > HT Communities. Classes. Races M Music and Books on Music > M Music |
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| Divisions: | Other > Institute of Advanced Study Faculty of Social Sciences > Sociology |
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| Library of Congress Subject Headings (LCSH): | Bourdieu, Pierre, 1930-2002, Sociology -- France, Sociology -- Methodology, Civilization, Modern -- 20th century -- Philosophy, Popular music -- History and criticism -- Italy | ||||||||||
| Journal or Publication Title: | Rassegna Italiana di Sociologia | ||||||||||
| Publisher: | Il Mulino | ||||||||||
| ISSN: | 0486-0349 | ||||||||||
| Official Date: | 1 July 2014 | ||||||||||
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| Volume: | Volume 2014 | ||||||||||
| Number: | Number 1 | ||||||||||
| Number of Pages: | 27 | ||||||||||
| Page Range: | pp. 121-148 | ||||||||||
| DOI: | 10.1423/76934 | ||||||||||
| Status: | Peer Reviewed | ||||||||||
| Publication Status: | Published | ||||||||||
| Access rights to Published version: | Restricted or Subscription Access | ||||||||||
| Date of first compliant deposit: | 28 December 2015 | ||||||||||
| Date of first compliant Open Access: | 28 December 2015 | ||||||||||
| Funder: | University of Warwick Postgraduate Research Scholarship | ||||||||||
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