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: Art made for the mass market. Success is measured by box office numbers, best-seller lists, and financial profit.
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Bourdieu argues that "commercial" art and "high" art are not just different styles; they are opposites that define each other. The high art field defines itself by not being commercial.
Other producers and cultural elites (e.g., avant-garde poets, niche theater directors, abstract painters). the field of cultural production bourdieu pdf
The Field of Cultural Production - Columbia University Press
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Cultual production cannot be separated from cultural consumption. In his companion research, Distinction , Bourdieu argues that taste is not a natural, individual preference. Instead, taste is a social weapon used to maintain class boundaries.
HIGH SYMBOLIC CAPITAL (Autonomous Principle) Avant-Garde Art │ │ LOW ECONOMIC CAPITAL ──────┼────── HIGH ECONOMIC CAPITAL │ │ Commercial Art (Heteronomous Principle) LOW SYMBOLIC CAPITAL The Autonomous Sub-Field Driven by the principle of "art for art's sake." The high art field defines itself by not being commercial