Social stratification and cultural consumption: cinema going and choice of movie genres in Athens


Published: Oct 6, 2016
Keywords:
cultural consumption cinema social stratification status socio-economic class
Ρωξάνη Καυταντζόγλου
Δημήτρης Εμμανουήλ
https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1354-1474
Abstract

The article focuses on the relationship between social stratification and consumption of culture, namely cinema-going and the choice of film genres.  The research findings are interpreted in light of the ongoing debate between P. Bourdieu’s theory of Distinction, the post-modernists’ individualisation argument, R. Peterson’s omnivore model and B. Lahire’s  theory of cultural dissonance.  A central tenet of the approach is the neo-weberian distinction between status and socio-economic class. While our findings indicate the partial prevalence of the distinction mechanism advanced by Bourdieu, it should also be noted that there is no support of a systematic ‘homology’ between class and culture. Tendencies toward omnivorousness and cultural dissonance are present, albeit at very low rates.

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