Economic Capital vs. Cultural Capital
A film that illustrates an example of tastes that differentiate the working class and the bourgeois is James Cameron’s 1997 Titanic (of which I’m almost positive everyone in the class had seen). The scene during the 1st class dinner, where the character Jack (Leonardo DiCaprio) joins the 1st class passengers aboard the ship after rescuing Rose (Kate Winslet), potrays how class division is separated by fine-cuisine, classical music, and mannerisms. After this scene, Jack and Rose move down toward the third-class quarters where loud music plays, wild dancing, and what the rich would classify as ‘distasteful’.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U50hqJS2ock
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