From parvenu to “highbrow” tastes: the rise of cultural capital in China’s intergenerational elites
| Main author: | Li, Gordon C. |
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| Format: | Journal Article |
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eprints-35150 |
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eprints |
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SOAS, University of London |
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SOAS Research Online |
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English |
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English |
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DS Asia HM Sociology HN Social history and conditions. Social problems. Social reform M Music NX Arts in general |
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A new generation of elites distinguished by their cultural endowments has emerged in China. Unlike the older generation of elites who signaled status through the display of wealth but shared similar tastes, the new generation of cultured elites has sophisticated, often Western-oriented “highbrow” tastes in their cultural consumption. By comparing the upbringings and the tastes of interviewees from various backgrounds, this study suggests a widening taste-chasm between the elites and the underclasses in urban cities. The social process behind this is argued to be the rapid formation of cultural capital in China, in which parental privileges accumulated in the market economy converted into cultural privileges in the new generation of new elites. |
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Journal Article |
| author |
Li, Gordon C. |
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Li, Gordon C. |
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Li, Gordon C. |
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Li, Gordon C. |
| title |
From parvenu to “highbrow” tastes: the rise of cultural capital in China’s intergenerational elites |
| publisher |
Wiley |
| publishDate |
2021 |
| url |
https://eprints.soas.ac.uk/35150/
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