Episode 137: Bourdieu on the Tastes of Social Classes

Published: April 11, 2016, noon

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On Pierre Bourdieu\'s Distinction: A Social Critique of the Judgment of Taste (1979), introduction, ch 1 through p. 63, conclusion, and postscript. How do our tastes in music, art, and everything else reflect our social position? This philosophically trained sociologist administered a few detailed questionnaires in 1960s France and used the resulting differences in what people in different classes preferred and how they talked about these preferences to theorize about the role that taste plays in our social games. Featuring guest Tim Quirk of Too Much Joy and recent guest on Mark\'s Nakedly Examined Music podcast #8.\\xa0

End song: "When She Took Off Her Shirt" from Tim\'s band Wonderlick\'s Topless At The Arco Arena (2005).

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