Arts & Culture
The Role of Embodied Taste in Reproducing Class Distinctions
Quick fact
Sociologist Pierre Bourdieu found that a person's taste in food, art, and music is strongly correlated with their social class—even when income is controlled for—showing that taste functions as a marker that legitimizes upper-class lifestyles and devalues working-class ones.
Why this is interesting
Why do you prefer the foods and music you do? Could your preferences be quietly reinforcing the class structure?