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ISBN10: 0804726892, ISBN13: 9780804726894, [publisher: Stanford University Press, Palo Alto] Softcover First Edition Paperback. The everyday practice of photography by millions of amateur photographers may seem to be a spontaneous and highly personal activity. but France's leading sociologist and cultural theorist Pierre Bourdieu and his research associates show that few cultural activities are more structural and systematic than photography. This perceptive and wide-ranging analysis of the practice of photography reveals the logic implicit in this cultural field. For some social groups, photography is primarily a means of preserving the present and reproducing moments of collective celebration, whereas for other groups it is the occasion of an aesthetic judgment in which photos are endowed with the dignity of works of art. Bourdieu and his associates examine the socially differentiated forms of photographic practice by drawing on the results of surveys and interviews and by analyzing the attitudes and characteristics of both amateur and professional photographers. "It is one of only a few studies to apply the results of surveys and interviews to form an analysis from a social perspective. It is also important because it reveals aspects of Bourdieu's theories at an early stage."—Choice "The significance of Bourdieu's work for American studies lies in his powerful argument about the social definitions of ...
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Stanford Univ Pr 1996 Softcover New Reissue edition. 218 pages. 9.25x6.25x0.50 inches.

ISBN10: 0804726892, ISBN13: 9780804726894, [publisher: Stanford University Press] Softcover Translator(s): Whiteside, Shaun. Num Pages: 232 pages, 10 half-tones. BIC Classification: AJ; JHM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 153 x 14. Weight in Grams: 345. . 1996. 1st Edition. paperback. . . . . Books ship from the US and Ireland.
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ISBN10: 0804726892, ISBN13: 9780804726894, [publisher: Stanford University Press] Softcover First Edition Translator(s): Whiteside, Shaun. Num Pages: 232 pages, 10 half-tones. BIC Classification: AJ; JHM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 153 x 14. Weight in Grams: 345. . 1996. 1st Edition. paperback. . . . .
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