Changing Highbrow Taste: From Snob to Omnivore
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ResumenEste artículo proporciona una reflexión sobre el modo en que la evolución del capitalismo hacia una etapa de capitalismo cultural está propiciando la emergencia de un nuevo régimen de producción y recepción de los productos culturales.Para abordar tal tarea se examina una de las tendencias más claramente observables en la evolución que han experimentado las sociedades occidentales durante las últimas décadas: la transformación del mercado en patrón general de las actividades de la vida social y la entrada de pautas capitalistas en el mundo de la cultura.El artículo finaliza con un análisis crítico de las consecuencias más frecuentemente atribuidas a la evolución del
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Omnivorousness was more widespread in 1992 than in 1982.
“They point out that omnivorousness was more widespread in 1992 than it was in 1982, for instance.”
From Bourdieu and the Sociology of Music Consumption: A Critical Assessment of Recent Developments (2013) · cites this paper as Peterson and Kern 1996
Peterson and Kern say that the emergence of omnivorousness may suggest the formulation of new rules governing symbolic boundaries.
“Rather they say, ''its emergence may suggest the formulation of new rules governing symbolic boundaries'' (Peterson and Kern 1996, 904).”
From Bourdieu and the Sociology of Music Consumption: A Critical Assessment of Recent Developments (2013) · cites this paper as Peterson and Kern 1996
Peterson and Kern are careful to point out that omnivorousness does not mean a complete indifference to distinctions.
“Peterson and Kern are careful to point out that omnivorousness does not mean a complete indifference to distinctions.”
From Bourdieu and the Sociology of Music Consumption: A Critical Assessment of Recent Developments (2013) · cites this paper as Peterson and Kern 1996
The 'cultural omnivore' thesis is associated with the work of Richard A. Peterson and contains a direct empirical challenge to Bourdieu's ideas in Distinction.
“Known as the ''cultural omnivore'' thesis, this idea is associated with the work of the American sociologist Richard A. Peterson and contains a direct empirical challenge to Bourdieu's ideas in Distinction.”
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- Authors
- Peterson, R. A., & Kern, R. M.
- ORCID
- Peterson, Richard A.
- Venue
- American Sociological Review
- Publisher
- SAGE Publications
- Published
- 1996-10
- Volume
- 61
- Issue
- 5
- Pages
- 900
- ISSN
- 0003-1224 (ISSN-L)
- OpenAlex
- W2084077463
- Cited by
- 2,418
- References
- 0
- Citations by year
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- FWCI
- 24.58
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- closed
- Locations
- American Sociological Review (publishedVersion)
- Topics
- Social Sciences › Sociology and Political Science › Social and Cultural Dynamics
- Social Sciences › Urban Studies › Cultural Industries and Urban Development
- Social Sciences › Sociology and Political Science › Cultural, Social, and Media Studies
- Keywords
- snobbery, cultural omnivores, cultural capitalism, cultural products, marketization of culture, Western societies
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