Bourdieu og kålhovedet
The article discusses a series of striking discrepancies between Pierre Bourdieu’s early study of photographic practices and the way in which he later presents the results in Distinction as part of his argument concerning «pure» and «barbaric» taste. Based on a close-reading of the texts in question...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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Universitetsforlaget
2002-01-01
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| Series: | Norsk Medietidsskrift |
| Online Access: | https://www.idunn.no/nmt/2002/01/bourdieu_og_kaalhovedet |
| Summary: | The article discusses a series of striking discrepancies between Pierre Bourdieu’s early study of photographic practices and the way in which he later presents the results in Distinction as part of his argument concerning «pure» and «barbaric» taste. Based on a close-reading of the texts in question, the author argues that Bourdieu's survey of people’s own practical use of photography in their everyday life cannot be used as empirical support for a description of general aesthetic attitudes. It is furthermore argued, more generally, that due to the nature of the medium itself, photography is an art form that dissolves traditional aesthetic distinctions like those between «pure» and «barbaric» attitudes. |
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| ISSN: | 0804-8452 0805-9535 |