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 …

In this article, we address whether and how contemporary social classes are marked by
distinct lifestyles. We assess the model of the social space, a novel approach to class …

The article discusses whether we are approaching the end of public cultural policy in
Western democracies, because contemporary cultural policy is not adapted to major …

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 …

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 …

Pierre Bourdieu is arguably the most influential sociologist of the twentieth century,
especially since the once common criticisms of his determinism and reproductionism have …

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 …

Class in the New Millennium paints a fresh and comprehensive picture of social class in
Britain today. Anchored in a broad repertoire of methods and pursuing a distinctive …

This article provides an analysis of two leading specialist wine magazines, Decanter and
Wine Spectator, and the codification and legitimation of a 'taste for the particular'. Such …