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Translating Bourdieu: cultural capital and the English middle class in historical perspective

Gunn, Simon·2005·The British Journal of Sociology
DOI 10.1111/j.1468-4446.2005.00046.x
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Abstract

This article examines the ways in which Pierre Bourdieu's work on culture and cultural capital can be applied to the study of the English middle class in the nineteenth and twentieth centuries. Drawing on a wide historical literature, the article argues for the significance of culture as a constitutive element of middle-class identities in England since 1800. It goes on to examine Bourdieu's ideas of 'objectivated', 'instutionalized' and 'incorporated' cultural capital, in the context of family, inheritance, education and the body. The article identifies changes in the historical forms which cultural capital has taken and emphasizes the importance of analysing family processes of intergenerational transmission.

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Authors
Gunn, S.
Affiliations
Leeds Beckett University (GB)
Corresponding author
Gunn, Simon
ORCID
Gunn, Simon
Venue
The British Journal of Sociology
Publisher
Wiley
Published
2005-03
Volume
56
Issue
1
Pages
49-64
ISSN
  • 0007-1315 (ISSN-L)
  • 1468-4446
DOI
10.1111/j.1468-4446.2005.00046.x
OpenAlex
W1970872504
Cited by
102
References
27
Citations by year
2026: 1 · 2025: 1 · 2024: 5 · 2022: 2 · 2021: 5 · 2020: 8 · 2019: 3 · 2018: 4 · 2017: 4 · 2016: 4 · 2015: 2 · 2014: 4 · 2013: 4 · 2012: 30
FWCI
19.43
Type
journal article
Language
en
Open access
closed
Licence
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/termsAndConditions#vor (vor, 17 d)
Locations
  • British Journal of Sociology (publishedVersion)
  • PubMed (publishedVersion)
  • Leicester Research Archive (University of Leicester) (submittedVersion)
Topics
  • Social Sciences › Sociology and Political Science › Cultural Capital and Social Class
  • Social Sciences › Sociology and Political Science › Elite Sociology and Global Capitalism
  • Social Sciences › Sociology and Political Science › Intergenerational and Educational Inequality Studies
Keywords
Pierre Bourdieu, cultural capital, English middle class, middle-class identity, objectified cultural capital, institutionalized cultural capital, intergenerational transmission, family, inheritance, body, 19th century, 20th century
MeSH terms
Anthropology, Cultural, Culture, Education, England, Family, Social Class, History, 19th Century, History, 20th Century

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