Symbolic capital of Slovenian reading
Following the idea of various capitals in the publishing field established by John B. Thompson, we can observe the book consumption as a process where an investment of economic capital in a bought book results in the potential growth of intellectual and symbolic capital gained by reading. The articl...
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University of Ljubljana
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| description | Following the idea of various capitals in the publishing field established by John B. Thompson, we can observe the book consumption as a process where an investment of economic capital in a bought book results in the potential growth of intellectual and symbolic capital gained by reading. The article is exploring the approach to these book capitals in Slovenia on the ground of a research carried out in 2010 and 2011, comparing its results with those of previous book researches, especially in connection with some specifics of the Slovenian book field such as strong system of public libraries and accordingly low number of books being sold in the bookstores. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-93f23aa5d0e1422da2398432994f6f802022-12-22T00:29:42ZengUniversity of LjubljanaDružboslovne Razprave0352-36082012-12-0128718392Symbolic capital of Slovenian readingAndrej BlatnikFollowing the idea of various capitals in the publishing field established by John B. Thompson, we can observe the book consumption as a process where an investment of economic capital in a bought book results in the potential growth of intellectual and symbolic capital gained by reading. The article is exploring the approach to these book capitals in Slovenia on the ground of a research carried out in 2010 and 2011, comparing its results with those of previous book researches, especially in connection with some specifics of the Slovenian book field such as strong system of public libraries and accordingly low number of books being sold in the bookstores.http://druzboslovnerazprave.org/clanek/pdf/2012/71/5/reading habitsbook marketsymbolic capitalculture and class |
| spellingShingle | Andrej Blatnik Symbolic capital of Slovenian reading Družboslovne Razprave reading habits book market symbolic capital culture and class |
| title | Symbolic capital of Slovenian reading |
| title_full | Symbolic capital of Slovenian reading |
| title_fullStr | Symbolic capital of Slovenian reading |
| title_full_unstemmed | Symbolic capital of Slovenian reading |
| title_short | Symbolic capital of Slovenian reading |
| title_sort | symbolic capital of slovenian reading |
| topic | reading habits book market symbolic capital culture and class |
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