How does practice re-create structure?

November 4

Language and Symbolic Orders

  • Ferdinand de Saussure, Signs and Language. (Source: Alexander/Seidman, Culture and Society. ContemporaryDebates. Chapter 4: 55-66 - Reserve)
  • Roland Barthes, The world of wrestling. (Source: Alexander/Seidman, Culture and Society. Contemporary Debates. Chapter 7, Pp. 87-93 -- Reserve)
  • Marshall Sahlins, Food as symbolic code. (Source: Alexander/Seidman, Culture and Society. Contemporary Debates. Chapter 8, Pp. 94-104 -- Reserve)
November 6

Pierre Bourdieu: Structure, Habitus, Practices

  • Pierre Bourdieu, Structure, Habitus, Practices. From The Logic of Practice. Pp. 107-118 (Reserve)
  • Pierre Bourdieu, Distinction. A Social Critique of the Judgement of Taste. Pp. 1-62 (Reserve).
  • Pirre Bourdieu, Artistic Taste and Cultural Capital. (Source: Alexander/Seidman, Culture and Society. Chapter 19 -- Reserve)
November 8

Pierre Bourdieu Continued
 

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