Abstract
The aim of this chapter is to highlight points where the interrelationships between cultural capital, habitus and gender can be detected, including considering whether gender might play a role in the transmission of cultural capital across generations. Where the previous part of the book is focused on cultural capital as the socially valued resources people possess, this chapter shifts attention to the acquisition of cultural capital through the evolution of the habitus. Taking as a point of departure Bourdieu’s view that cultural capital is grounded in the habitus (as a set of enduring dispositions) which is acquired at the level of the household through the interplay of education, class and other social factors, the chapter considers what people whose interest in the art field has been classified as ‘major’ say about the educational and family factors that shaped this interest. In doing so it extends the concept of education to include the informal learning that takes place within the domestic sphere primarily through the emotional work of women.
Original language | English |
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Title of host publication | Fields, Capitals, Habitus: Australian Culture, Inequalities and Social Divisions |
Editors | Tony Bennett, David Carter, Modesto Gayo, Michelle Kelly, Greg Noble |
Place of Publication | U.K. |
Publisher | Routledge |
Pages | 268-279 |
Number of pages | 12 |
ISBN (Electronic) | 9780429402265 |
ISBN (Print) | 9781138392298 |
DOIs | |
Publication status | Published - 2021 |
Keywords
- art
- habitus (sociology)
- culture
- gender