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Creating Cultural Consumers

The Dynamics of Cultural Capital Acquisition

Bibliographic Data

ID2328367
AuthorsBrian Kisida (0000-0003-0582-6162, University of Arkansas, Fayetteville, USA), Jay P Greene (University of Arkansas, Fayetteville, USA), Daniel H Bowen (0000-0001-9762-7499, Rice University, Houston, TX, USA)
Year2014
Volume87
Issue4
Pages281-295
Publication date2014-10-01
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueSociology of Education (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0038-0407 • E-ISSN: 1939-8573
PublisherSAGE Publications Inc (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.1177/0038040714549076
OpenAlexW2171708566
LanguageEN
Citations received45
References cited40

The theories of cultural reproduction and cultural mobility have largely shaped the study of the effects of cultural capital on academic outcomes. Missing in this debate has been a rigorous examination of how children actually acquire cultural capital when it is not provided by their families. Drawing on data from a large-scale experimental study of schools participating in an art museum's educational program, we show that students' exposure to a cultural institution has the effect of creating ''cultural consumers'' motivated to acquire new cultural capital. We find that the experience has the strongest impact on students from more disadvantaged backgrounds. As such, our analysis reveals important aspects about the nature of cultural capital acquisition. To the extent that the evidence supporting cultural mobility is accurate, it may be because disadvantaged children can be activated to acquire cultural capital, thus compensating for family background characteristics and changing their habitus

Capital (architecture) · Cultural capital · Cultural reproduction · Disadvantaged · Economic growth · Economics · Geography · Habitus · Social capital · Social mobility · Social reproduction · Social science · Sociology · Sociology of Education · Symbolic capital · Diverse Music Education Insights · Psychology · School Choice and Performance · Social and Cultural Dynamics · Social Psychology

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Unique citing works45
Citations per year2,05
Citation span2004 - 2026 (23)
Citation velocitycurrent
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