Pierre Bourdieu

Dear all,

You may already know that we will be holding a discussion on “Pierre Bourdieu” this Tuesday. Attached please find a list of about 40 key references on “Bourdieu” in the field of sociology, education, gender & feminist theory, language etc. However, this list is by no means exhaustive as his work continues to receive more recognition and every year more books / articles continue to be published …

Below please find some websites that you may find useful.

The first one (below) is quite comprehensive and provides a rather good summary of Bourdieu’s key constructs and theories. As you scroll down the web page, may I recommend reading the section / hyperlinks titled: “habitus”, “capital” – especially – “social capital” and “cultural capital”, and his “Critical Conflict Theory”.

http://www.spiritus-temporis.com/pierre-bourdieu/

If you want something really brief that provides you with a general outline on Bourdieu’s life and work, you can refer to the following website:

http://www.biographybase.com/biography/Bourdieu_Pierre.html

Of course, our time-tested resource – Wikipedia – cannot be ignored, so please feel to browse through:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pierre_Bourdieu

When reading this webpage, I would suggest reading about “symbolic violence” and “symbolic capital”.

Essentially our talk can revolve around Bourdieu’s ideas of “social reproduction” with special reference to his key concepts:

-          Habitus

-          Field

-          Capital

-          Symbolic Violence

If these terms at the moment meaning nothing to you, no worries. I will get a summary sheet for everyone with some definitions and basic ideas. But if you are already familiar with them, and know a lot more than me (quite likely), then it would be a really hot topic for debate … coz Bourdieu’s quite controversial …

Looking forward to seeing you,

Aditi 

Pierre Bourdieu : List of References

Offered by Aditi in June 2009

Bourdieu, P. (1979).  Distinction: A Social Critique of the Judgement of Taste.

Bourdieu, P. (1977). Outline of a Theory of Practice. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.

Bourdieu, P. (1986). The forms of capital. In: Richardson J. (ed.) Handbook of Theory and Research for the Sociology of Education. New York: Greenwood Press.

Bourdieu, P. (1990). The Logic of Practice. Cambridge: Polity.

Bourdieu, P. (1974). The School as a Conservative Force: Scholastic and Cultural   Inequalities. In J. Eggleston (Ed.), Contemporary Research in the Sociology of Education (pp. 32-46). London: Methuen.

 

Bourdieu, P., & Passeron, J.C. (1977). Reproduction in Education, Society and Culture. London-Beverly Hills: Sage.

Calhoun, C. et al. (1993). Pierre Bourdieu: Critical Perspectives. Chicago: University of Chicago Press.

Grenfell, M. (2008). Pierre Bourdieu: Key Concepts. London: Acumen Press.

Jenkins, R. (1992). Pierre Bourdieu. London: Routledge.

Ranciere, J. (2008). The Philosopher & the Poor. Duke University Press.

Swartz, D. (1998). Culture & Power: Sociology of Pierre Bourdieu. Chicago University Press.

Thompson, J. (1984). Bourdieu on ‘Habitus’. In Joyce, P (ed.). 1995. Class. Oxford : Oxford University Press.

References on Bourdieu & Sociology

Bourdieu, P. (1993). Sociology in Question. London : Sage.

Wacquant, L. J. (1989). Towards a Reflexive Sociology: A Workshop with Pierre Bourdieu. Sociological Theory. 7 (1): 26–63.

References on Bourdieu & Social Class

Bourdieu, P. (1986). What makes a social class? On the theoretical and practical existence of groups. The Berkeley Journal of Sociology. 32: 1–18.

Savage, M. (2003). A New Class Paradigm? British Journal of Sociology of Education. 24 (4): 535–541.

Skeggs, B. (1997). Formations of Class and Gender. London: Sage.

References on Bourdieu’s work and / or analysis of his work specifically on Language

Bourdieu, P. (1991). Language and symbolic power. Cambridge: Polity.

Albright, J. & Luke, A. (2007). Pierre Bourdieu and Literacy Education. London: Routeledge.

 

References on Bourdieu’s work specifically on Media and Journalism

Benson et al. (2005). Bourdieu & the Journalistic Field. Malden, MA: Polity Press.

Bourdieu, P. (1998). On Television and Journalism. London: Pluto Press.

Bourdieu, P. (1998). On Television, translated by Priscilla Parkhurst Ferguson. New York: The New Press.

 

References on Bourdieu’s work and/ or analysis of his work specifically on Academia / Education

Bourdieu, P. et al. Academic Discourse: Linguistic Misunderstanding and Professorial Power. Polity Press

Bourdieu, P. & Colliers, P (1990). Homo Academicus. Stanford University Press.

Bourdieu, P. (1971) Systems of education and systems of thought. In M. Young (Ed.), Knowledge and control (pp. 189-207). London: Macmillan.

Grenfell, M. & James, D. (1998). Bourdieu and Education: Acts of Practical Theory London: Falmer Press.

Bourdieu’s work and / or analysis of his work specifically with regard to Gender / Feminist theory

Bourdieu, P. (2001). Masculine Domination. Cambridge: Polity Press.

Chambers, C. Masculine domination and radical feminism: Comparing Bourdieu and MacKinnon. Draft paper available online. Available from: link [accessed 20/12/2004]

Helliwell, I. (2000). It’s only a penis: Rape, Feminism and Difference. Signs: Journal of Women in Culture and Society. 25 (1)

Lovell, T. (2000). Thinking feminism with and against Bourdieu. Feminist Theory. 1 (1): 11–32.

Maynard, M. (1995). Beyond the ‘Big Three’: the development of feminist theory into the 1990s. Women’s History Review. 4 (3): 259–281.

McCall, L. (1992). Does gender fit? Bourdieu, feminism, and conceptions of social order. Theory and Society. 21 (6): 837–867.

Moi, T. (1990). Appropriating Bourdieu: Feminist Theory and Pierre Bourdieu’s Sociology of Culture. In: Moi, T. (1999) What is a Woman? And other essays. Oxford: Oxford University Press.

Mottier, V. (2002). Masculine Domination – gender and power in Bourdieu’s writing. Feminist Theory. 3 (3): 345–359.

Reay, D. (1997). Feminist Theory, Habitus and Social Class: Disrupting Notions of Classlessness. Women’s Studies International Forum. 20 (2): 225–233.

Storr, M. (2002). Classy Lingerie. Feminist Review. 71: 18–36.

References on using Bourdieu’s work in context of  the “body”

Crossley, N. (2001). The Social Body: Habit, Identity and Desire. London: Sage.

Shilling, C. (1993). The Body and Social Theory. London: Sage.