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CULTURE > CULTURAL CAPITAL

Preferred term

CULTURAL CAPITAL  

Definition

  • A SOCIAL RELATION OF ACCUMULATED CULTURAL KNOWLEDGE THAT CONFERS POWER AND STATUS (E.G. THE ABILITY TO TALK KNOWLEDGEABLY ABOUT HIGH CULTURE). CULTURAL TASTE THEN ACTS AS A MARK OF SOCIAL CLASS.

Broader concept

History note

  • TERM CREATED JULY 2008

Definition source

  • SAGE DICTIONARY OF CULTURAL STUDIES, 2004

URI

https://hasset.ukdataservice.ac.uk/96b904a6-0cbc-4b7f-864c-6f7bf0a7f29f

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