The social conditions of cultural domination. Field, sub-field and local spaces of wind music in France

Vincent Dubois (1, 2) , Jean-Matthieu Méon (3)

1 SAGE - Sociétés, Acteurs, Gouvernement en Europe
2 PRISME-GSPE - Politique, Religion, Institutions et Sociétés : Mutations Européennes - Groupe de Sociologie Politique Européenne
3 Crem - Centre de Recherche sur les Médiations

This paper is based on research on wind music in France, where this music is situated at the lowest level in the cultural hierarchy. We examine this music from three points of view: (1) in light of its position in the musical field, (2) as a specific sub-field and (3) at the local level of concrete practices. Then, thanks to the socio-cultural mapping of the orchestras and of their musicians, we establish various combinations of these three levels in the concrete and symbolic organization of musical activities. This framework allows us to evaluate the various degrees of exposure to cultural domination and the possibilities of escaping it

Mots clés: Cultural hierarchy; Cultural free zone; Cultural domination; France; Field; subfield; wind music

Domaines: Musique, musicologie et arts de la scène; Sciences de l'information et de la communication

Vincent Dubois, Jean-Matthieu Méon. The social conditions of cultural domination. Field, sub-field and local spaces of wind music in France. Cultural Sociology, 2013, 7 (2), pp.127 - 144. ⟨hal-01361724⟩