Cultural Capital: The Problem of Literary Canon Formation - John Guillory - Books - The University of Chicago Press - 9780226310435 - July 1, 1993
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Cultural Capital: The Problem of Literary Canon Formation 1st edition

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Employing concepts drawn from Pierre Bourdieu's sociology, Guillory argues that canon formation must be understood less as a question of the representation of social groups than as a question of the distribution of "cultural capital" in the schools, which regulate access to literacy, to the practices of reading and writing.

408 pages

Media Books     Hardcover Book   (Book with hard spine and cover)
Released July 1, 1993
ISBN13 9780226310435
Publishers The University of Chicago Press
Pages 408
Dimensions 150 × 220 × 20 mm   ·   680 g
Language English  

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