Description
A landmark work of sociology, this book explores how taste—from food, art, and music to manners and lifestyle—both reflects and reinforces social divisions in modern France. It reveals how cultural preferences are shaped by education, upbringing, and economic position, while also functioning as markers of status and belonging. With penetrating insight, the study connects everyday choices to broader structures of power, examining the relationship between culture, politics, and class mobility. Its analysis of distinction and social pretension remains essential for understanding how inequality is expressed and reproduced in ordinary life.
Available Editions
paperback
Harvard University Press
Published Jan 1, 1984
642 pages
ISBN: 9780674212770
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Details
First Published
1979
Language
eng
Translation
From: fra
Content Warnings
Content and trigger warnings for Distinction by Pierre Bourdieu.