Original paper
Categorical ambiguity in cultural fields: The effects of genre fuzziness in popular music
Abstract
Recent studies find that objects that do not clearly fit within the categories of their field are penalized by relevant audiences. We examine whether this ‘categorical imperative’ is dependent on the symbolic and institutional structure of fields by comparing the effects of genre ambiguity across two popular music subfields. The results show that genre ambiguity has a negative effect within the commercial subfield, but not in the artistic...
Paper Details
Title
Categorical ambiguity in cultural fields: The effects of genre fuzziness in popular music
Published Date
Feb 1, 2018
Journal
Volume
66
Pages
1 - 18
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