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 Bourdieu’s theory in the field of music production and music reception. The volume advances the interdisciplinary evaluation of Bourdieu’s approach and contributes to a new evaluation of the Bourdieusian approach in the field of music research.
