Engendering culture : accumulating capital in the gendered household

Deborah Stevenson

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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 languageEnglish
Title of host publicationFields, Capitals, Habitus: Australian Culture, Inequalities and Social Divisions
EditorsTony Bennett, David Carter, Modesto Gayo, Michelle Kelly, Greg Noble
Place of PublicationU.K.
PublisherRoutledge
Pages268-279
Number of pages12
ISBN (Electronic)9780429402265
ISBN (Print)9781138392298
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 2021

Keywords

  • art
  • habitus (sociology)
  • culture
  • gender

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