How cultural capital, habitus and class influence the responses of older adults to the field of contemporary visual art
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 7350211 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Andrew Newman (0000-0003-1828-8869, Newcastle University, corresponding author), Anna Goulding (0000-0003-0120-6708, Newcastle University), Christopher Whitehead (0000-0003-1645-7286, Newcastle University) |
| Year | 2013 |
| Volume | 41 |
| Issue | 5 |
| Pages | 456-480 |
| Publication date | 2013-08-23 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Poetics (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0304-422X • E-ISSN: 1872-7514 |
| Publisher | Elsevier BV (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.1016/j.poetic.2013.07.001 |
| PMID | 24748712 |
| PMCID | PMC3990446 |
| OpenAlex | W2122479661 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 10 |
| References cited | 53 |
This article explores the responses of 38 older people to contemporary visual art through the results of a 28-month study entitled, Contemporary Visual Art and Identity Construction: Wellbeing amongst Older People. A framework for the analysis is provided by previous work on the consumption of art and by Bourdieu's constructs of cultural capital, habitus and field. Five groups of older people, with a range of different backgrounds, were taken to galleries and their responses were recorded, transcribed and analysed. It is concluded that participants' responses are influenced by their cultural capital, habitus and class-which, in turn, are affected by their life course experiences. Those who could not recognise the field (e.g., did not view contemporary art as "art") created their own meanings that they associated with the artworks. Evidence indicates that group dynamics and class mobility are likewise important. Participants also used the experience to respond to real or anticipated age-associated deficits
Aesthetics · Art · Capital (architecture · Class (philosophy · Consumption (sociology · Contemporary art · Contemporary society · Cultural capital · Epistemology · Field (mathematics · Habitus · Identity (music · Political science · Social class · Social science · Sociology · Visual arts · Cultural Industries and Urban Development · Gender Studies · Participatory Visual Research Methods · Psychology · Social and Cultural Dynamics · Social Psychology
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| Unique citing works | 10 |
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| Citations per year | 1 |
| Citation span | 2016 - 2025 (10) |
| Citation velocity | recent |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 10 |