Although the Scandinavian countries are often considered to epitomize social democratic
governance, Scandinavia's profound wealth inequalities, seen in relation to the more …

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 …

According to Bourdieu, the culture of the most powerful classes serves as a legitimate
culture that can be mastered to varying extents. Students who have been inculcated these …

This article concerns an insufficiently studied link in cultural class analysis, namely that
between class-structured lifestyle differences and social closure. It employs a modified …

In this article we demonstrate how upper-middle-class respondents in Norway and the UK
draw strong symbolic boundaries based on cultural taste and lifestyle. However, we also find …

In this article we analyse class cultures by mapping out differences in 'original taste'; that is,
respondents' classed preferences for food and drink. By employing Multiple …

This paper explores youth sports parenting in the context of Norway, focusing on the
orientations of parents living in predominantly working-class communities, specifically what …

The past decades have witnessed a surge of sociological interest in the body. From the focal
point of aesthetic investment, political regulation and moral anxiety, to a means of redefining …

In this article we use qualitative interviews to examine how Norwegians possessing low
volumes of cultural and economic capital demarcate themselves symbolically from the …

The cultural elite are believed to be under siege due to significant changes in the 'workings'
of cultural capital. Despite such changes, there is very little information about the class …