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Television aesthetics, media and cultural studies and the contested realm of the social

Zborowski, James

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This article seeks to intervene in the ‘television aesthetics’ versus ‘media and cultural studies’ debate. It argues that aesthetic evaluation does not necessarily rely upon bad textual others or result in canon construction. It engages with Bourdieu in order to demonstrate that his account of cultural capital and distinction is more nuanced than is suggested by its uptake by scholars who want to use it to argue against evaluative activity. Finally, it argues that television aesthetics cannot be divorced from ‘media and cultural studies’ to the extent that some of its practitioners appear to want.

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Zborowski, J. (2016). Television aesthetics, media and cultural studies and the contested realm of the social. Critical studies in television, 11(1), 7-22. https://doi.org/10.1177/1749602015619632

Journal Article Type Article
Acceptance Date Oct 23, 2015
Online Publication Date Feb 18, 2016
Publication Date 2016-03
Deposit Date Oct 23, 2015
Publicly Available Date Nov 23, 2017
Journal Critical studies in television : the international journal of television studies
Print ISSN 1749-6020
Publisher SAGE Publications
Peer Reviewed Peer Reviewed
Volume 11
Issue 1
Pages 7-22
DOI https://doi.org/10.1177/1749602015619632
Keywords Bourdieu, Pierre, 1930-2002; Evaluative criticism; Higher education; Television aesthetics
Public URL https://hull-repository.worktribe.com/output/380069
Publisher URL http://cst.sagepub.com/content/11/1/7.abstract
Additional Information Author's accepted manuscript of article published in: Critical studies in television : the international journal of television studies, 2016, v.11, issue 1
Contract Date Nov 23, 2017

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