Question

Members of elite social classes may cultivate tastes for fine foods, wines, and art. they may also vacation in expensive and remote locations where they have great privacy and can be around other people who share their social class position. according to pierre bourdieu, this use of culture to display and maintain social position is an example of ________________.

Answer 1

According to Pierre Bourdieu, the use of culture to display and mantain social position is an example of habitus.

The habitus is one of the central concepts of Bordieu's sociological work. It consists of different ways of acting, thinking and feeling related to social position, and makes people who belong to the same homogeneous environment share similar lifestyles.

By cultivating tastes for fine foods, wines and art, as well as vacationing in expensive and remote locations, members of elite social classes construct their own habitus, dominating lower social classes.