Perspectives on Music after Bourdieu

The sociology of Pierre Bourdieu has become one of the most influential theories in music education and sociology of music. Generations of scholars in both fields have applied, criticized and advanced the concepts and methods invented by Bourdieu and his school. The volume presents new contributions on the relevance, actuality and perspectives of Bourdieus theory in the field of music production and music reception. The volume advances the interdisciplinary evaluation of Bourdieus approach and contributes to a new evaluation of the Bourdieusian approach in the field of music research.

Dr. Rainer Diaz-Bone is professor of sociology at the University of Lucerne (Switzerland). Dr. Andreas Lehmann-Wermser is professor emeritus of music education at the Hannover University of Music, Drama and Media (Germany).