SYG-1000 Lecture Notes - Lecture 9: William Foote Whyte, Cock Ring, Class Stratification
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Theory of the political economy of culture in the us: dimaggio & useem. Participation in high arts activities builds social solidarity among those who participate. Differential class exposure rates to the high arts has the effect of reinforcing class cohesion. Settings of high arts consumption: collective setting and elite inclusion versus private setting. Arts consumption is a form of cultural capital. Culturally endowed families take an active role in ensuring that their cultural assets are bestowed on their children with the hope that it can enhance their prospects of future social & economic mobility. Cockfighting: sabong (view till 1:10 in class) https://www. youtube. com/watch?v=ku7xveujqi0 https://www. youtube. com/watch?v=drb4hzrufma. America surfaces in a ball park, on a golf links, at a race track, or around a poker table, much of. For it is only apparently cocks that are fighting there. The fighting roosters are masculine symbols par excellence.
