New Uses of Bourdieu in Film and Media Studies

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. Introduction: Bourdieu On Media And Film -- Bourdieu, Field Of Cultural Production And Cinema: Illumination And Blindspots / Bridget Fowler -- Bourdieu And Film Studies: Beyond The Taste Agenda / Chris Cagle -- Bourdieu And Images Of Algerian Women's Emotional Habitus / Sophie Belot -- The Taste Database: Taste Distinctions In Online Film / Eileen Culloty -- Millennials Protest: Hipsters, Privilege, And Homological Obstruction / Anthony P. Mcintyre -- A Bourdieuan Approach To Internet Studies: Rethinking Digital Practice / Richenda Herzig -- Obtain And Deploy: Mobile Media Technologies As Tools For Distinction And Capital / Justin Battin -- Weak (cultural) Field: A Bourdieuian Approach To Social Media / Antonio Di Stefano. Edited By Guy Austin. Based On A Symposium Held At Newcastle University's Research Centre In Film And Digital Media In Late 2012. Includes Bibliographical References And Index. 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 of essays 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 Contents Figures and Tables Introduction: Bourdieu on Media and Film Chapter 1 Bourdieu, Field of Cultural Production and Cinema: Illumination and Blind Spots Chapter 2 Bourdieu and Film Studies: Beyond the Taste Agenda Chapter 3 Bourdieu and Images of Algerian Women’s Emotional Habitus Chapter 4 The Taste Database: Taste Distinctions in Online Film Reviewing Chapter 5 Millennials Protest: Hipsters, Privilege and Homological Obstruction Chapter 6 A Bourdieuian Approach to Internet Studies: Rethinking Digital Practice Chapter 7 Obtain and Deploy: Mobile Media Technologies as Tools for Distinction and Capital Chapter 8 Weak (Cultural) Field: A Bourdieuian Approach to Social Media Index French sociologist Pierre Bourdieu's work has been extremely influential, but has only intermittently been used to study cinema and new media. With topics ranging from photography to mobile technology, this collection demonstrates the enormous relevance that Bourdieu holds for the field of media studies.