Bourdieu Flashcards
According to Bourdieu, what are the three stages of social class?
Economic, Social and Cultural
What is Cultural Capital?
This is our aesthetic tastes characteristics that we inherent from society when we are young which can subconsciously guide us to certain positions in life. This can be perhaps the way we talk, the way we dress, our mannerisms. Based on this information, we find ourselves moving towards certain social groups, education and careers that we find in the future.
What is Social Capital?
This is our networks of social groups that we have at our disposable. This could perhaps be networks of relationships in the family or the workplace. The use of social capital varies between different class. One that is of a higher class can be suggested to have a stronger network system - allowing them to find positions in education or work easier than someone from a lower class.
What is Economic Capital?
Money and Property.
Based off of Cultural Capital, what is the term habitus used to decribe?
Habitus is an ambiguous term used to describe the way we move through social environment based on our level of cultural capital. For example, if you have gained cultural capital in the form of education, this style of habitus will allow you to progress further in the field - perhaps allowing you to go onto further education and then navigate your way into a successful job in the field you specified.
Habitus also extends to our taste, suggesting that upper-class individuals have a taste for fine art because they have been exposed to this at an early age.
What is Social Reproduction in the context of Cultural Capital?
This is all about maintaining class through generations of inheritance. Some forms of cultural capital can be inherited: for example, cars, money and housing. Alternatively, embodied capital has to be taught - this can be things such as education or accent.
Another point to note is that economic capital can be used as a means to buy cultural capital - spending money on education can be an example of this, allowing for better education.
