Photography: A Middle-brow Art

by PierreBourdieu (Author), ShaunWhiteside (Translator), Dominique Schnapper (Author), Jean-ClaudeChamboredon (Author), RobertCastel (Author), Luc Boltanski (Author)

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  1996

  $3.48

  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 shows that few cultural activities are more structured and systematic than photography.

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  Paperback
  1996

  $23.50

  The everyday practice of photography by millions of amateur photographers - the family snapshots, the holiday prints, the wedding portraits - may seem to be a spontaneous and highly personal activity. But Bourdieu and his associates show that few cultural activities are more structured and systematic than the social uses of this ordinary art.