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Paradoks dystynkcji. Komiks na rynku kultury w Polsce
The Paradox of Distinction: The Comic Book on the Polish Cultural Marketplace

Author(s): Michał Jutkiewicz
Subject(s): Cultural history, Visual Arts, Novel, Polish Literature, Sociology of Culture
Published by: Instytut Badań Literackich Polskiej Akademii Nauk
Keywords: comic book; popular culture; cultural marketplace; cultural capital; distinction;

Summary/Abstract: Jutkiewicz examines the state of Polish comic book art by drawing on Pierre Bourdieu’s Distinction. In Poland, this art form was initially seen as part of low-brow culture, but when a tight-knit social group of fans emerged in the 1980s, attempts were made to enhance the status of the graphic novel. Jutkiewicz discusses a selection of those projects and their relationship to the mechanisms of distinction at play in the cultural marketplace.

  • Issue Year: 2017
  • Issue No: 5
  • Page Range: 88-107
  • Page Count: 20
  • Language: Polish