The work of Pierre Bourdieu, one of the most influential French intellectuals of the 20th century, has had an enormous impact on research in fields as diverse as aesthetics, education, anthropology, and sociology. This is the first collection of essays to focus specifically on the contribution of Birdie’s thought to the study of cultural production. Though Birdie’s own work has illuminated diverse cultural phenomena, th essays in this volume extend to new cultural forms and to national situations outside France. Far from simply applying Birdie’s concepts and theoretical tools to these new contexts, the essays in this volume consider both the possibility and limits of Birdie’s sociology for the study of culture.