Sociology 320 - SEM: PIERRE BOURDIEU & CULTURE

Topics course.: Pierre Bourdieu left a remarkably rich analytical legacy, especially with regard to our perceptions and understanding of Culture. From his studies of the Algerian peasantry, his work on social reproduction in the French education system, studies of taste and class, museum attendance, photography, and the symbolic revolutions in literature and painting, Bourdieu treated culture as a crucial site for understanding contemporary social life. In this seminar we will not just read key works by Bourdieu and his critics, but rather think with Bourdieu and work with his powerful relational perspective.

Instructor Permission. Not open to first-years, sophomores