The Uneven Distribution of Cultural Capital
Book Reading in Urban China
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 6007973 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Shaoguang Wang (Chinese University of Hong Kong), Deborah Davis (0000-0001-6285-8692, Yale University), Y Bian (0000-0003-4034-2497, Hong Kong University of Science and Technology) |
| Year | 2006 |
| Volume | 32 |
| Issue | 3 |
| Pages | 315-348 |
| Publication date | 2006-07-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Modern China (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0097-7004 • E-ISSN: 1552-6836 |
| Publisher | SAGE Publications Inc (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.1177/0097700406288178 |
| OpenAlex | W2155207439 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 15 |
| References cited | 49 |
Drawing on interviews with 400 couples in four cities in 1998, this exploratory study focuses on variation in reading habits to integrate the concept of cultural capital into the theoretical and empirical analysis of inequality and social stratification in contemporary urban China. Overall, we find that volume and composition of cultural capital varies across social classes independent of education. Thus, to the extent that cultural capital in the form of diversified knowledge and appreciation for certain genres or specific authors is unevenly distributed across social classes, we hypothesize that the possession of cultural capital may be a valuable resource in defining and crystallizing class boundaries in this hybrid, fast-changing society
Capital (architecture · China · Cultural capital · Economic capital · Economic geography · Economic growth · Economics · Geography · Human capital · Inequality · Political science · Possession (linguistics · Reading (process · Social capital · Social class · Social mobility · Social reproduction · Social science · Social status · Social stratification · Sociology · Cultural Industries and Urban Development · Law · Social and Cultural Dynamics · Social Capital and Networks
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Theoretical and metodological base of the research of free time as a factor for construction of the cultural capital
Mediatizing the network model of cultural capital
Assimilation of China’s rural-to-urban migrants
Interpersonal Relations and Subjective Well-Being among Preadolescents in China
Cultural capital in migration
Recovering Childhood
Migrant and Non-Migrant Families in Chengdu, China
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Key-Point Schools and Entry into Tertiary Education in China
Consumption, taste, and the economic transition in modern China
Socioeconomic attainment, cultural tastes, and ethnic identity
Effect pathways of informal family separation on children's outcomes
Cultivating differences
Cultural regions of the United States
Stratification and power
Inside culture
Highbrow/Lowbrow
Women’s Leisure, What Leisure?
The class structure of the advanced societies.
Money, Morals, and Manners
Social Transformations in Chinese Societies
Subculture
The Theory Of The Leisure Class
Distinction
Outline of a Theory of Practice
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Gender, Leisure, and Constraint
Cultural Capital, Educational Attainment, and Marital Selection
Cultural classifications under discussion latent class analysis of highbrow and lowbrow reading
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Anything But Heavy Metal
Classification in Art
Understanding audience segmentation
The market of symbolic goods
Changing Highbrow Taste
Preferences in leisure time book reading
Cultural Choice Among Southerners
Reading attitude and its effect on leisure time reading
Conceptualizing and measuring culture in surveys
Fiction reading in America
Cultural and moral boundaries in the United States
Culture consumption in Sweden
Social Theory for a Changing Society
Participation in the Arts by Black and White Americans
Cultural Capital
Cultural Consumption and Social Stratification
Sociology of Leisure
The Stratification of Leisure and Taste
Have American's Social Attitudes Become More Polarized
Culture, Class, and Connections
Social class and arts consumption
| Unique citing works | 15 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 0,94 |
| Citation span | 2010 - 2026 (17) |
| Citation velocity | current |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 15 |