Sociology of literature

A stand of a bouquiniste (French term for second-hand book seller), in Paris, near the Cathedral Notre-Dame of Paris.
A stand of a bouquiniste (french term for second-hand books resellers), in Paris, near the Cathedral Notre-Dame of Paris.

The sociology of literature is a subfield of the sociology of culture. It studies the social production of literature and its social implications. A notable example is Pierre Bourdieu's 1992 Les Règles de L'Art: Genèse et Structure du Champ Littéraire, translated by Susan Emanuel as Rules of Art: Genesis and Structure of the Literary Field (1996).