Bourdieu uses the example of the education system to illustrate how cultural capital can be utilized to reproduce inequality. How does this happen?
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Bourdieu is perhaps best known for
his concept of cultural capital. He first used it to explain children’s educational
outcomes in 1960s France, arguing that class culture, such as its attitudes, values,
and norms, confers to its members’ advantages in the education system. In “The Forms
of Capital," Bourdieu defines cultural capital and its relationship to economic and
social capital. Answer the following questions after completing the reading and
watching the lecture. The responses do not need to be in essay format, however, each
response should be at least a paragraph in length.
Questions
1. Describe in your own words the differences between objectified, embodied, and
institutionalized cultural capital.
2. In the conclusion of the essay, Bourdieu uses the example of the education system
to illustrate how cultural capital can be utilized to reproduce inequality. How does
this happen?
3. Bourdieu’s example of social reproduction in the education system is well known.
What is an example of another institution in which cultural capital is employed to
confer advantages to one class over another?