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Social class and cultural mobility [Recurs electrònic] : reconfiguring the cultural omnivore thesis / Michael Emmison
Description: 20 p. : digital, fitxer PDF (1,33 Mb) In: Journal of sociology Vol.39, no.3 (Sep. 2003), p. 211-230Summary: This article explores the idea of `cultural mobility' both as a way of thinking about the polarizing logic of class relations and practices in contemporary society and as a means by which the debate over the cultural omnivore might be advanced. The concept of cultural mobility refers to the differential capacity to engage with or consume cultural goods and services across the entire spectrum of cultural life, an ability which is itself premised upon an unequal, class-related distribution in cultural competence. Cultural mobility, then, is the ability to move at will between cultural realms, a freedom to choose where one is positioned in the cultural landscape. I argue that the concept provides fertile ground for exploring possible interconnections between a number of diver-gent strands in current social theory which have largely developed independently of each other. At the same time much of this theoretical effort remains divorced from concrete research agendas. Using data collected as part of a major study of Australian cultural consumption, the article provides a case study of cultural mobility and its class moorings which serves to clarify some of the existing confusions concerning the cultural omnivore. (Font: Autor)| Item type | Current library | Collection | Call number | URL | Status | Date due | Barcode | |
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Omnivores and freely choosing subjects -- The polarizing logic of the new global order -- In search of the culturally mobile: evidence from the Australian Everyday Culture Project -- Class and music: tastes, knowledge and the cultural omnivore -- Conclusion -- Notes -- References
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