EN 204 Lecture Notes - Lecture 15: Southern Connecticut State University, Cultural Capital
6 Mar 2017
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Hegemony: dominant cultural influence/power that is perpetuated by mass consent. Cultural capital/prestige that maintains structures of power: elites and masses. Identification with bourg ways of thinking as to become invested in keeping the system and values. Ideology: the imaginary relationship of individuals to their real conditions of existence. Not all about the money, you don"t not have hegemony. Hegemony is also having power and culture. Cultural capital: our aesthetic, taste in something. Social norms: what we like and dislike. Cultural capital is a class marker invested in the system. Have to identify with class betters because they hold the power. About class position and keeping the structures stable. Invested in maintaining hegemonic system and capitalism. Literature as a feature of capitalism and consent. How we identify with our values and beliefs. Things we choose to believe in (modern) Material practice: ideology has to exist somewhere. How you think of yourself and place in the world.
