2015
DOI: 10.1016/j.poetic.2015.03.002
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Cultural production and the morality of markets: Popular music critics and the conversion of economic power into symbolic capital

Abstract: This article examines the strategies through which cultural producers may convert their market success into a form of symbolic capital, that is, into a range of distinctive moral values and symbolic boundaries. This question is explored in relation to the rise of popular music criticism in Italy. Drawing on Bourdieu's field theory, this article reconstructs the field's historical genesis and examines the strategies of a heteronomous organisation (the music weekly Ciao 2001). In doing so, it counterbalances the… Show more

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“…One related stream of research focuses on the role of cultural globalization and aesthetic cosmopolitanism (Tomlinson 1999;Regev 2013;Varriale 2015Varriale , 2016. Classical highbrow arts-the core content of traditional legitimate culture-have represented essentially a European cultural canon, which has been challenged by global flows and influences, especially the emergence of popular world culture.…”
Section: Heterogenization and The Opening Up Of Legitimate Culture: Tmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…One related stream of research focuses on the role of cultural globalization and aesthetic cosmopolitanism (Tomlinson 1999;Regev 2013;Varriale 2015Varriale , 2016. Classical highbrow arts-the core content of traditional legitimate culture-have represented essentially a European cultural canon, which has been challenged by global flows and influences, especially the emergence of popular world culture.…”
Section: Heterogenization and The Opening Up Of Legitimate Culture: Tmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…Thus, these companies attempt to capitalise on "a name that is known and recognized," which functions like a trademark that generates specific economic profits over time (Bourdieu, 1996, p.148). In doing so, publishers rely on art critics, who also operate in for-profit companies like newspaper or magazine (Varriale, 2015). They also organise or participate in inter-company events like ceremonies awards or prizes that highlight their artistic and commercial achievements (Ducas, 2003).…”
Section: Introductionmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…A mezőelméletből kiinduló kortárs kultúraszociológiai kutatások pl. (Rimmer, 2012;Varriale, 2015, Regev, 2013 az autonómia és piac oppozíciójának magyarázó erejét specifikálják újonnan létrejövő kulturális mezők (elektronikus zene, populáris zene kritika, jazz stb.) kontextusában (Prior, 2008(Prior, , 2011.…”
Section: Kutatási Kérdések Bemutatása éS a Disszertáció Felépítéseunclassified
“…Tovább "vulgarizálva" Lopes-t már a kortárs "posztbourdieu-i" kultúraszociológia populáris Bourdieu, 1993Bourdieu, , 1996Maanen, 2009). A nemzetközi irodalomban bevett "mezőelemzés" (field analysis) 96 különböző nemzeti kontextusokban ezekben az alapművekben lefektetett elveket veszi alapul akkor is, ha a bourdieu-i elméletből kiinduló szerzők a mezőelmélet differenciálására törekednek (Varriale, 2015;Hesmondhalgh, 2006;Prior, 2007), vagy erősen kritizálják annak alkalmazhatóságát a későmodern kulturális viszonyok közt (Hennion, 2007;Lamont, 1992 Ilyen problémákra hívja fel a figyelmet Hadas (2002) a Férfiuralom (Bourdieu, 2000(Bourdieu, [1998)…”
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