Towards a Bourdieusian analysis of the social composition of the UK film and television workforce

Work, Employment and Society

Volumn 29, Issue 4, 2015, Pages 590-606

  Randle, Keith ^a   Forson, Cynthia ^a   Calveley, Moira ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HERTFORDSHIRE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Bourdieu; capitals; diversity; film; social composition; television; workforce

Indexed keywords

EID: 84937216208     PISSN: 09500170     EISSN: 14698722     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0950017014542498     Document Type: Article

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