Pierre Bourdieu’s La Distinction: Critique sociale du jugement (1979), or, as it is called in its English translation, Distinction: A Social Critique of the Judgement of Taste, is a pioneering sociological work that forwards a new understanding of social life in regard to how power and social status manifest in consumption and lifestyles. This chapter presents the broad characteristics of Bourdieu’s social scientific outlook and outlines the central arguments in La Distinction. It also touches on how Bourdieu’s cultural sociology was practically carried out and, finally, what role Bourdieu’s work has played in media and communication studies.