This study aims to make the contemporary Hungarian jazz field the focus of a sociological investigation, based on a critical reinterpretation of Bourdieu's relational theory of artistic fields. It aims to grasp the logic of symbolic distinctions by analysing the free/mainstream dichotomy. This dichotomy of historically constituted poles is understood as a system of structuring oppositions that play a decisive role in the position-takings and prestige-construction of jazz musicians. The analysis of qualitative data shows how different evaluations and interpretations of shared musical references are instrumentalised in order to occupy positions in the field. Further, this article argues that such a qualitative analysis of local jazz fields transcends the national context, since culturally hybrid jazz diasporas offer an excellent terrain for analysing how the circulation of transnational artistic references influences the cultural dynamism of local fields that are embedded within global networks of cultural production.

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匈牙利爵士乐领域的区别逻辑：案例研究

本研究旨在基于对布迪厄艺术领域关系理论的批判性重新解释，使当代匈牙利爵士乐领域成为社会学研究的焦点。它旨在通过分析自由/主流二分法来掌握符号区分的逻辑。这种由历史构成的两极的二分法被理解为一种结构对立的系统，这些对立在爵士音乐家的定位和声望建设中起着决定性的作用。对定性数据的分析显示了如何利用对共享音乐参考的不同评估和解释来占据该领域的位置。此外，本文认为，对当地爵士乐领域的这种定性分析超越了国家背景，