The sociology of music has become a vibrant field of study in recent decades. While its
proponents are well aware of this field's contributions and relevance, we focus here on …

Abstract The French sociologist Pierre Bourdieu has been an extraordinarily influential
figure in the sociology of music. For over three decades, his concepts have helped to …

This important cultural analysis tells two stories about food. The first depicts good food as
democratic. Foodies frequent 'hole in the wall'ethnic eateries, appreciate the pie found in …

Research on the mechanisms that reproduce social class advantages in the United States
focuses primarily on formal schooling and pays less attention to social class discrimination …

Contemporary society is complex; governed and administered by a range of contradictory
policies, practices and techniques. Nowhere are these contradictions more keenly felt than …

Explains the key concepts, theories, and studies in the sociology of the arts—the fully
updated new edition of the classic textbook Sociology of the Arts is a comprehensive yet …

We propose a synthesis of two lines of sociological research on boundary spanning in
cultural production and consumption. One, research on cultural omnivorousness, analyzes …

What do sociologists mean when they describe culture as founded on “shared
understandings”? Sharing an understanding does not necessarily imply having the same …

In sociological debates about cultural stratification, a matter of dispute is whether Bourdieu's
model of class-structured lifestyle differences has relevance for understanding contemporary …

Scores of sociological studies have provided evidence for the association between broad
cultural taste, or omnivorousness, and various status characteristics, such as education …