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The idea of cultural reproduction was first developed by Bourdieu who saw thefunction of the education system as being to reproduce the culture of thedominant classes helping to ensure their continued dominance. Through hisconcepts of cultural capital and habitus Bourdieus influence spread intoother areas of socialization and high culture. However despite the complex ofinfluences that make up Bourdieus theories sociologists of culture andstudents of cultural studies seem to have picked up on the negative andcritical elements in the work of Bourdieus theories on reproduction. Inparticular they developed the metaphor of reproduction as copy or imitationrather than reproduction as regeneration and synthesis. As a consequencecultural reproduction has become part of the orthodoxy of studies in thetheory of ideology and neoMarxisms. While still addressing this wellestablished theme of ideology and structural determinacy including culturalreproduction theory the contributors original essays seeks also to exploreother possiblities in terms of ethnomethodology Durkheimianism structuralismand poststructuralismmany of the arguments put forward also confront the mostcontemporary challenges presented by postmodernism. The papers address anunusually wide spectrum of cultural formations including gender roles fineart film journalism education consumerism style language and sociologyitself. The Introduction discusses the origin and development of the concept ofcultural reproduction and shows the variety of analytic possibilities withinseveral traditions of social theorizing all later expanded in the body of thetext.Most of the contributors areacademics working in the area of sociology ofcommunication studies. A have taught in and have continuing researchinterests in the sociology of culture. «
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