cultural capital
English
Etymology
Calque of French capital culturel, coined by French sociologists Pierre Bourdieu and Jean-Claude Passeron (1970).
Noun
cultural capital (uncountable)
- (sociology) The social assets of a person, like education, intellect, style of speech/dress, etc. that promote social mobility.
- Coordinate terms: economic capital, human capital, social capital, sexual capital
- 2007, Tim Edwards, Cultural Theory, SAGE, →ISBN, page 265:
- If you like: if economic capital is what you have, cultural capital is what you know, social capital is whom you know. […] Unless educational resources make some attempt to reverse the flow of cultural capital transmitted in the home then the end result will be enhanced forms of cultural inequality.
Derived terms
- subcultural capital
Translations
assets
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Further reading
- cultural capital on Wikipedia.Wikipedia