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 Everett True

“The music consumes me” | students tackle Identity in Music

“The music consumes me” | students tackle Identity in Music

The way in which subcultures achieve authenticity is through what theorist Pierre Bourdieu calls cultural capital. Every object has economic capital, which is its monetary value, and a utility value defined by its purpose. However, more importantly for identity construction is the social associations made with the object. He writes, “Taste classifies, and it classifies […]