Original scientific paper
https://doi.org/10.5559/di.25.3.03
Parental Cultural Capital as a Determinant of Cultural Preferences of Young People
Krešimir Krolo
orcid.org/0000-0002-4556-7698
; University of Zadar, Zadar
Sven Marcelić
; University of Zadar, Zadar
Željka Tonković
; University of Zadar, Zadar
Abstract
The article starts from Pierre Bourdieu's concept of cultural
capital and differentiation between embodied, objectified
and institutionalized cultural capital. The main goal of the
article is to research the connection between cultural
preferences of high-school students and the different forms
of cultural capital of their parents. Empirical data was
gathered from a survey (N = 868) carried out in 2014
among high-school students in Zadar County (Croatia).
Cultural preferences of high-school students were
operationalized using three dimensions of cultural
consumption: high culture, traditional-popular and rock-
-alternative. The results of hierarchical regression analysis
confirmed the parental cultural capital to be an important
predictor of high-school students' cultural preferences. In
particular, our results indicate that the parentally embodied
cultural capital is a better predictor than the objectified and
institutionalized cultural capital or economic capital. Results
point to a visible distinction between two types of cultural
consumption: traditional-popular and high culture
consumption, which is in line with previous studies. On the
other hand, the rock-alternative type of cultural consumption
is positively associated with exposure to high culture in a
family environment, which indicates a change in the
meaning of cultural content.
Keywords
cultural consumption; cultural capital; musical taste; high-school students; Zadar
Hrčak ID:
168391
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Publication date:
3.11.2016.
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