Creating Cultural Consumers: The Dynamics of Cultural Capital Acquisition

Autor/inn/en	Kisida, Brian; Greene, Jay P.; Bowen, Daniel H.
Titel	Creating Cultural Consumers: The Dynamics of Cultural Capital Acquisition
Quelle	In: Sociology of Education, 87 (2014) 4, S.281-295 (15 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0038-0407
DOI	10.1177/0038040714549076
Schlagwörter	Cultural Capital; Children; Mobility; Museums; Nonschool Educational Programs; Art; Disadvantaged; Program Effectiveness; Student Surveys; Elementary Secondary Education; Regression (Statistics); Arkansas + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Child; Kind; Kinder; Mobilität; Mobilitätsförderung; Museum; Museumswesen; Museen; Arts; Kunst; Schülerbefragung; Regression; Regressionsanalyse
Abstract	The theories of cultural reproduction and cultural mobility have largely shaped the study of the effects of cultural capital on academic outcomes. Missing in this debate has been a rigorous examination of how children actually acquire cultural capital when it is not provided by their families. Drawing on data from a large-scale experimental study of schools participating in an art museum's educational program, we show that students' exposure to a cultural institution has the effect of creating ''cultural consumers'' motivated to acquire new cultural capital. We find that the experience has the strongest impact on students from more disadvantaged backgrounds. As such, our analysis reveals important aspects about the nature of cultural capital acquisition. To the extent that the evidence supporting cultural mobility is accurate, it may be because disadvantaged children can be activated to acquire cultural capital, thus compensating for family background characteristics and changing their habitus. (As Provided).
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Update	2017/4/10