Cultural Knowledge and Social Inequality.

Using both qualitative longitudinal data collected 20 years after the original Unequal Childhoods study and interview data from a study of upwardly mobile adults, this address demonstrates how cultural knowledge matters when white and African American young adults of differing class backgrounds navi...

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Published in:	American Sociological Review Vol. 80; no. 1; pp. 1 - 28
Main Author:	Lareau, Annette
Format:	Article
Published:	Sage Publications Inc. Feb2015
Subjects:	Social classes Cultural capital Social status Class differences Race & social status Associations, institutions, etc. African American social conditions Social mobility Corporate culture Experience Intellect Intergenerational relations Interviewing Mentoring Social skills Ethnology research Cultural values Labeling theory Conceptual structures Longitudinal method Thematic analysis
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