Prieur, Annick and Savage, Mike 
ORCID: 0000-0003-4563-9564
(2013)
Emerging forms of cultural capital.
European Societies, 15 (2).
pp. 246-267.
ISSN 1461-6696
Abstract
This paper takes stock of recent research on patterns of cultural engagement in various European nations, with specific reference to British and Danish research. It argues that Bourdieu's original theorisation of cultural capital in ‘Distinction’ needs to be significantly updated to register the decline of ‘highbrow’ culture which these studies reveal. However, we argue that this shift does not entail the erosion of cultural capital itself, or the rise of the ‘cultural omnivore’, so much as the emergence of a form of ‘cosmopolitan cultural capital’. We argue that this emerging cultural capital can be associated with the partial creation of a European field and testifies to the continued stakes of cultural engagement today.
| Item Type: | Article |
|---|---|
| Official URL: | http://www.tandfonline.com/loi/reus20 |
| Additional Information: | © 2012 Taylor & Francis |
| Divisions: | Sociology |
| Subjects: | H Social Sciences > HM Sociology H Social Sciences > HT Communities. Classes. Races |
| Date Deposited: | 12 Apr 2013 08:38 |
| Last Modified: | 23 Apr 2024 22:39 |
| Projects: | R000239801 |
| Funders: | Economic and Social Research Council |
| URI: | http://eprints.lse.ac.uk/id/eprint/49655 |
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