cultural capital and why we read and write books

[Matthew Cissell]

Hey Paul, thanks for putting this up, otherwise I wouldn't have come across it. I agree that "the article is kind of a mess", too much focus on Distinction when he should have mentioned Bourdieu's "The Rules of Art" as it is the more pertinent text. Still it is interesting to see people in mainstream media draw on PB's work. 
    Pyn is better off left out.
 
ciao Paolo
mc

----- Original Message -----
From: Paul Mackin <mackin.paul at verizon.net>
To: Matthew Cissell <macissell at yahoo.es>; pynchon-l at waste.org
Cc: 
Sent: Tuesday, January 17, 2012 2:13 PM
Subject: cultural capital and why we read and write books

This article is kind of a mess but It seemed relevant to Matthew Cissell's interest in the theories of Bourdieu vis a vis Pynchon.

the Pyncher gets no respect in it, even as a has-been. (not even mentioned)


http://www.nytimes.com/2012/01/15/magazine/why-write-novels-at-all.html?ref=books

P