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cultural background (Olesja_22); cultural capital (In the field of sociology, cultural capital comprises the social assets of a person (education, intellect, style of speech, style of dress, etc.) that promote social mobility in a stratified society. WK. the relative acquisition and distribution of cultural resources within a socially differentiated society (e.g. education, access to knowledge, ‘good' taste) such that different value is attached to the capital of each individual member. The term is owed to the French social theorist Pierre Bourdieu (1930 – 2002). DTI. Knowledge gained from a wide array of experiences that one has gained through the course of thier life, thus enabling them to succeed more so than someone from a less experienced background
: Barack Obama knows more about the world because of the cultural capital he has accumulated throughout his life time. UD Alexander Demidov) |
