KINE 1000 Lecture Notes - Lecture 6: Conspicuous Consumption, Pierre Bourdieu

• School: York University
• Department: Kinesiology & Health Science
• Course: KINE 1000
• Professor: Hernan Humana

Document Summary

Socioeconomic status, october 5th lecture 6: socioeconomic status is an individuals or groups position within hierarchical structure, socioeconomic status depends on a combination of: Social strati cation: relative social position of an individual within a group of other people. Capital: is a different way of thinking about resources of power (assets) we have in our lives. Social: networks of in uence or support, friendships, relationships. Cultural: knowledge, skills, education, advantages in life (travel, sports, clubs, etc. ) Theres also other types of capital available. ones like athletic capital or aesthetic capital, how good you look and what it can do for you. Our preferences. tastes, habits, values and expectations will stay with us for life, regardless of whether we have status changes. A sense of one"s place and sense of others people"s place. Its about how we understand our location in relation to other peoples place.