Is 'distinction' really outdated? Questioning the meaning of the omnivorization of musical taste in contemporary France

Poetics

Volumn 35, Issue 2-3, 2007, Pages 93-111

  Coulangeon, Philippe ^a,b   Lemel, Yannick ^b  

^a SCIENCES PO   (France)

^b CREST   (France)

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EID: 34547130337     PISSN: 0304422X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.poetic.2007.03.006     Document Type: Article

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