A: No. Distinction (1979) is about taste and class consumption. The Field of Cultural Production is about the production of art. They are companion pieces. If you have the PDF for one, you still need the other.
To understand Bourdieu's PDF and his broader literature, one must grasp how different forms of "capital" interact within creative spaces. Bourdieu argues that the field of cultural production operates on an inverted economic logic. Cultural Capital the field of cultural production bourdieu pdf
Bourdieu rejects two common extremes:
