While audience and participation surveys, as well as econometric demand studies,
generally confirm that performing arts audiences are relatively elite, there are surprises …

While audience and participation surveys, as well as econometric demand studies,
generally confirm that performing arts audiences are relatively elite, there are surprises …

The volume offers essential reading for undergraduates who need an introduction to the
field, for graduate students who wish to broaden their understanding of stratification …

In The Inheritors (1979) and Reproduction in Education (1977), Pierre Bourdieu made the
influential argument that in the modern economy, where the publicly held corporation had …

The debate around 'cultural value'has become increasingly central to policy debates on arts
and creative industries policy over the past ten years and has mostly focused on the …

In this article, we investigate patterns of musical taste using a large sample from the Dutch
population. It is found that members from higher-status groups tend to be more omnivorous …

Empirical studies on cultural capital have never fully operationalized the concept using
indicators of all three states distinguished by Bourdieu, ie, institutionalized, embodied and …

Previous studies have collectively suggested that most cultural tourists are “up-scaled”(high
income earnings, high education, and mature aged). This simplistic profile of cultural …

Most studies of the determinants of cultural capital have used taste or participation as
interchangeable indicators of embodied cultural capital. In this article, we propose to treat …

This book was shortlisted for the 2015 BSA Philip Abrams Memorial Prize. Comedy is
currently enjoying unprecedented growth within the British culture industries. Defying the …