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The Sociology of Taste: How Aesthetic Preferences Reproduce Class Boundaries

Quick fact

French sociologist Pierre Bourdieu showed in his 1979 book 'Distinction' that people's preferences in music, food, and art are strongly correlated with their social class—not because of innate sensibility, but because taste is learned and used as a marker of social standing.

Why this is interesting

Have you ever wondered why some music is called 'high art' and other music is just 'popular'? Who gets to decide, and what does that decision say about social class?