The love of art : European art museums and their public
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The love of art : European art museums and their public
Polity, 1997
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L'amour de l'art : les musées d'art européens et leur public
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Bibliography: p. [174]-176
Includes index
"First published in France・・・c Les Éditions de Minuit 1969. This tranlation first published 1991 by Polity Press・・・. First published in paperback 1997"--T.p. verso
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Description
Museums and art galleries appear to be and would claim to be open to all, and yet, in fact, they are visited only by a small segment of the population. Who are those whose love of art brings them into museums? What distinguishes them from the majority of people who exclude themselves or who are effectively excluded? In this classic study, Bourdieu, Darbel and Schnapper address such questions on the basis of a wide-ranging survey of museum visitors throughout Europe. By examining the social conditions of museum practices, they show that cultivated taste is not a natural gift but a socially inculcated disposition which is distributed unevenly, and which predisposes some to distinguish themselves through their love of art, while others are deprived of this privilege.
Table of Contents
Translators' Note. Preface.
1. Signs of the Times.
2. The Research Process.
3. The Social Conditions of Cultural Practice.
4. Cultural Works and Cultivated Disposition.
5. The Rules of Cultural Diffusion.
6. Conclusion.
Appendices.
1. Timetable of Research.
2. The Questionnaires and the Sampling Method.
3. The Public of French Museums.
4. Verificatory Surveys.
5. Analysis of 250 Semi-directed Interviews.
6. The Public of European Museums.
Notes.
Selected Bibliography.
Index.
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