The aim of this paper is to address the dynamics of contemporary cultural capital by
interrogating what counts for young people as valuable cultural resources. Considerable …

Class is not only amongst the oldest and most controversial of all concepts in social science,
but also a topic which has fascinated, amused, incensed and galvanized the general public …

Taste is a subject of longstanding academic interest. The question of how cultural interests
and preferences are socially stratified is at the heart of the sociology of culture. This article …

Sociology has a rich tradition studying 'elite'and 'street'social spaces, but rarely considers
spaces between these fields and the social actors within them. This article fills that gap by …

We address a largely neglected issue in contemporary research on cultural class divisions:
economic capital and its associated lifestyles and symbolic expressions. Using qualitative …

Studies on cultural stratification have shown how processes of exclusion and distinction are
created and later transmitted to offspring through eating and feeding practices. Building on …

Research on elites and elite schooling mainly theorize the embodied elite distinction of ease
as a dispositional phenomenon, drawing on a Bourdieusian framework. I respond to this by …

Analyses of young feminine identities have often focused on consumption, career and
intimate life as separate spheres. In this article, we bring these together to nuance the …

El artículo analiza la forma en cómo miembros de las élites chilenas han movilizado su paso
por la universidad para (re) producir su posición de privilegio. Utilizando un enfoque que …

This chapter focuses on the reading practices of adolescent girls in a global, multi-mediated
age of constant information flows and easy access to reading resources in print and online …