The enforced bachelorhood of eldest sons in traditional French
rural society was a subject to which Pierre Bourdieu devoted three
major articles, written at widely spaced moments in his career as a
sociologist and ethnographer. He brings them together in this book,
with an introduction in which he presents them as stages in a kind
of intellectual Bildungsroman through which one can follow
development of his theory of practice: from phenomenological
observation and analysis of structures, through the notion of
strategy (as opposed to rule), to the mature conceptual apparatus
which subtly analyses the interrelations of field, symbolic capital
and habitus in a unified matrimonial market which condemns the
peasantry to irreversible decline. The opening scene, which is
observed with the astute eye of a novelist at a country dance and
which gives the book its title, can ultimately be seen as a
paradigm of the collapse of traditional French rural society.
General
Imprint: |
Polity Press
|
Country of origin: |
United Kingdom |
Release date: |
May 2008 |
Authors: |
P Bourdieu
|
Dimensions: |
238 x 162 x 22mm (L x W x T) |
Format: |
Hardcover
|
Pages: |
208 |
ISBN-13: |
978-0-7456-3094-6 |
Categories: |
Books >
Social sciences >
Sociology, social studies >
General
|
LSN: |
0-7456-3094-4 |
Barcode: |
9780745630946 |
Is the information for this product incomplete, wrong or inappropriate?
Let us know about it.
Does this product have an incorrect or missing image?
Send us a new image.
Is this product missing categories?
Add more categories.
Review This Product
No reviews yet - be the first to create one!