New uses of Bourdieu in film and media studies
By: edited by Guy Austin
Publisher: Berghahn Books
Published: 2016
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 174
ISBN-13: 9781785331671; 9781785331688
Subjects: Motion pictures; Congresses; Influence; Mass media
Description: Through his influential work on cultural capital and social mobility, the French sociologist Pierre Bourdieu has provided critical insights into the complex interactions of power, class, and culture in the modern era. Ubiquitous though Bourdieu’s theories are, however, they have only intermittently been used to study some of the most important forms of cultural production today: cinema and new media. With topics ranging from film festivals and photography to constantly evolving mobile technologies, this collection demonstrates the enormous relevance that Bourdieu’s key concepts hold for the field of media studies, deploying them as powerful tools of analysis and forging new avenues of inquiry in the process.
Notes: Based on a symposium held at Newcastle University's Research Centre in Film and Digital Media in late 2012.

Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Introduction: Bourdieu on media and film; title: Bourdieu, field of cultural production and cinema: illumination and blindspots / Bridget Fowler; title: Bourdieu and film studies: beyond the taste agenda / Chris Cagle; title: Bourdieu and images of Algerian women's emotional habitus / Sophie Belot; title: The taste database: taste distinctions in online film / Eileen Culloty; title: Millennials protest: hipsters, privilege, and homological obstruction / Anthony P. McIntyre; title: A Bourdieuan approach to internet studies: rethinking digital practice / Richenda Herzig; title: Obtain and deploy:  mobile media technologies as tools for distinction and capital / Justin Battin; title: Weak (cultural) field: a Bourdieuian approach to social media / Antonio di Stefano.