Worlds, fields and networks: Becker, Bourdieu and the structures of social relations

Cultural Sociology

Volumn 5, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 99-119

  Bottero, Wendy ^a   Crossley, Nick ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

art worlds; Becker; Bourdieu; cultural fields; cultural production; social interaction; social networks

Indexed keywords

EID: 79952920184     PISSN: 17499755     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1749975510389726     Document Type: Article

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