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Taste, distinction and class - Coggle Diagram
Taste, distinction and class
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CLASS AND CONSUMPTION
BOURDIEU - Through consumption, we send out “messages”: who we are, where we think we belong, and how we think we are different from others
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TRADITIONAL SOCIOLOGICAL view on social class: combination of education, income, and occupation. Sociologists also see class identities as shaped by consumption. Different classes consume differently.
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EXPANDED NOTION OF TASTE
LIZARDO How cultural tastes shape personal network - explores how different types of cultural preferences influence the number of social connections a person has, based on the strength of those connections
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HIGH BROW
Emerged in the consumption of elites, those who have power to consume the best thing
Is synonymous with intellectual; as an adjective, it also means elite, and generally carries a connotation of high culture
The fact that we associate it with the elites is a double-bound relationship: they are the only ones who can consume it, and consuming it requires a specific set of knowledge. The fact that they stick in that particular position is related to other people who didn’t have the means to consume such “elite” goods.
KANT - embraced the fact that ideas such as concepts as beauty, being good were above material and practical things we encounter, thus, accepted this separation
LOW BROW
Issue: Low and high brow no longer have the same degree of separation, it is thus more difficult to distinguish them. There is an increased democratisation, thus greater chance to access high brow experiences
Prediction 1 - highbrow culture -> harder to expand social circles due to more niche interests, outcome: highbrow culture tends to strengthen existing close friendships, but it doesn't significantly affect the number of acquaintances
Prediction 2 - people who enjoy popular culture -> larger networks of acquittances as interests are more widely shared - outcome: increase number of weak-tie relationship and acquaintances
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