SOC 337 Lecture 3: SOC 337 L3
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Watched: the taste of others (notes in binder) lomoar cpsd| 3957739. Personal choices: based on social origin (more of a functional choice) Taste is the equivalent of cultural choice, reflects our social status. Bourdieu believes that one of the key markers of social origin is ones taste and choice in food: significant as a social marker. Proper taste is defined by the elite class, its all about looking down unto people: example: poco looks down on pitt, pitt looks down on ridge, ridge looks down on mission. Doxa/doxafied: common belief/popular opinion: taste is socially constructed yet it appears to be natural or common sense. Barbarian, used to describe someone who is uncultured all while the true meaning: is anyone who is not greek. Capitalist ideology: entire society/culture driven by notions of profit/private property, the practice of. The only group that benefits from consumption are the elites.
