Photography: a middle-brow art

Éditeur :
John Wiley and Sons Ltd
ISBN :
9780745617152
Date de publication :
18 févr. 1996
Dimensions :
22,9 x 15,4 x 1,3 cm
Poids :
340 g
Langue :
Anglais
Pays d'origine :
Grande Bretagne
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.