Pierre Bourdieu

The film, Stardust, prove to have a great connection associated with Pierre Bourdieu’s practice theory, the concept of Habitus. In a sense, the concept of habitus is used to account for the ways in which individuals’ expectations or preferences come to reflect the conditions they were formed. (Rye, 2008, 125-6). An example of the element of habitus is embodied with Tristian Thorn, the protagonist, through his inability to interact/connect with the female counterpart due to his upbringing of not…

In his essay “The Forms of Capital,” French sociologist Pierre Bourdieu discusses the accumulation of cultural capital—particular sets of knowledge and skills often based on class and passed down through social institutions like families—and its ability to reinforce class inequality through its reproduction throughout generations (Bourdieu 47). He argues that one’s academic ability is not necessarily determined by biological or intellectual superiority, but rather determined by one’s…

Bourdieu created the term cultural capital which he claims is a sort of cultural atmosphere that parents from middle and upper-class families seek to find in an education system. Cultural capital includes things like demeanors, or tastes and opinions. These are things parents from higher social standings seek to provide their children in hopes that these more socially accepted cultural capital norms will provide their children with better opportunities. Bourdieu also believed that…

The orthodoxies framing contemporary analysis of youth in industrialised democracies are outlined in Threadgold and Nilan’s rationalisation as more complex and fragmented in nature than that of generations before (Threadgold & Nilan, 2009, p. 51). Threadgold and Nilan’s empirical research targets two key areas in their survey: – engagements with popular culture and attitudes towards the future are in line with findings that youth are negotiating future risks constituted by privileged cultural…

Yangban Class in Korea History At the end of the Koryo and through the late Choson reign, a new social system has formed and eventually developed into what was called hereditary social classes. Let discuss these changes in social class system from late Koryo through late Choson. The late Koryo social class systems contained civil official, military official, peasants and lowborn. Whereas, in the Choson dynasty, a new class raised up as yangban class, which combine between powerful civil official…

How would you react to someone who doubts you because of your background? What would you say? What would you do? In the short story “The Stolen Party,” by Liliana Heker, a young girl’s mother had refused to let her go to a party, as it was meant for the rich. Due to the fact that her mother was the maid of the party’s host, she thought her daughter would be someone that is brushed aside. However, she convinces her mother to let her go, and she has quite a fun time there, playing games and having…

Oscar Wilde implements a heavy focusses significant attention on class in The Importance of Being Earnest. People with and without money behave very differently, though strive for the same response and impressions from their peers. The characters in this novel are exaggerated to the point of absurdity when it comes to their obsession with class. Victorian upper class demands its members to keep up an important image in society and value money and appearance above all else, including people.…

Based on their social class and their habitus individuals develop a musical taste that is linked to their social class. Whilst Bourdieu distinguishes between the ‘pure’ gaze as a sign for the high class, the “popular aesthetic” (Bourdieu, 1984, p.5) is a sign for the lower classes and a lower quality (Bourdieu, 1984). Peterson develops Bourdieu’s theory further. Whilst adopting between high class and lower class individuals, Peterson puts a greater focus on higher classes…

Corporate art consultants are curators who create and administer art programs for private companies. In this way, the corporate art consultant follows the traditional definition of the curator as an individual who maintains art objects in a collection. However, as the contemporary role of the curator has shifted into the practice of exhibition making and the cultural influence that comes along with it, the ability of a corporate art consultant to provide clients with objectified cultural capital…

Hammurabi’s code is composed of a set of rules set forth by a man named Hammurabi. He is known as Babylon’s most prominent ruler; his reign lasting from 1792 to 1750 B.C.E. Hammurabi’s Code reflects the harshness of the social structure in a Mesopotamian society by basing the code on the law of retaliation, not treating all members of the society equally and fairly, and not letting women be full members of the community. The law of retaliation, which is the basis of Hammurabi’s code, displays…