Cultural Capital, Identity, and Social Mobility
The Life Course of Working-Class University Graduates
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 19900418 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Mick Matthys (corresponding author) |
| Year | 2012 |
| Pages | 274 |
| Publication date | 2012-12-12 |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | BOOK |
| Venue | Cultural Capital, Identity, and Social Mobility (SOURCE_BOOK) |
| Publisher | Routledge (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.4324/9780203094433 |
| OpenAlex | W4213416305 |
| ISBN | 9780203094433 |
| Open Library | OL53947611M |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 3 |
This qualitative study explores the meaning of working-class origin in the life and career of university graduates. Social transition from a working-class background to a middle-class milieu results in loyalty conflicts and communication barriers. The lack of social and cultural capital and the absent sense of an assertive self-presentation are pivotal barriers to gaining management functions. Positions in certain key sectors are not necessarily allocated according to professional capacity, but to obscure social connections, regulated by cultural codes and tests. Matthys approaches social mobility as a trajectory of identity construction in which different classes are integrated, and uses the notion of identity capital to interpret and discuss the meaning of the individual drive in social mobility
Aesthetics · Archaeology · Art · Capital (architecture) · Cultural capital · Cultural identity · Geography · Identity (music) · Political science · Social capital · Social group · Social identity theory · Social mobility · Social science · Sociology · Social and Cultural Dynamics · Social Capital and Networks · College graduates · General · Mobilité sociale · Social classes · Social conditions · Social Science · Travailleurs · Working class
| Citations per year | 0.33 |
|---|---|
| Citation span | 2017 - 2026 (10) |
| Highly cited | No |