Cultural sociology and new forms of distinction

Friedman, Sam, Savage, Mike, Hanquinet, Laurie and Miles, Andre (2015) Cultural sociology and new forms of distinction. Poetics, 53 . pp. 1-8. ISSN 0304-422X

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Abstract

In recent years growing sociological interest in new forms of cultural distinction has led some to argue that the advantages previously conveyed by the consumption of ‘high’ culture ‘or ‘omnivorousness’ are being overwritten by the possession of what has been termed ‘emerging cultural capital’. So far, though, this term has only been discussed in passing within empirical work and remains in need of further analytical specification. This special issue seeks to both critically interrogate and develop this concept by bringing together the work of leading cultural sociologists around four key themes: the role of age and generation in the formation of cultural capital; the power of visual display for distinction; the significance of new elite cultures; and the need for methodological pluralism to apprehend the expressions and mechanisms of distinction. This editorial introduction outlines the descriptive terrain on which the concept of emerging cultural capital has rested until now before exploring the common themes that sit across all five papers in the special issue.

Item Type:	Article
Official URL:	http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/journal/03044...
Additional Information:	© 2015 Elsevier B.V.
Library of Congress subject classification:	H Social Sciences > H Social Sciences (General) H Social Sciences > HM Sociology
Sets:	Departments > Sociology
Date Deposited:	13 Jan 2016 16:06
URL:	http://eprints.lse.ac.uk/64962/

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