Social Stratification

As you read the Khan book, you will notice features of students’ lives that reflect the four forms of capital introduced in class and the text from Pierre Bourdieu’s work: economic capital, cultural capital, social capital, & symbolic capital. Write a paper where you discuss how one or more of those forms of capital are relevant to and expressed within such issues as diversity, handling and interpreting family wealth, finding one’s place, interactions with non-students (e.g., “invisible individuals”), interaction with teachers, students’ interaction with each other, gender relations, work and leisure, ease of interaction and embodied ease, clothing, gender relations, and curriculum. You don’t necessarily have to address all these issues, but you should address several. You may also include other issues in the book that you consider important. Your paper should also discuss how these features of everyday life for St. Paul’s students reproduce and increase the cultural and social capital they already possess, making them feel that they merit a privileged future. Consider exceptions if relevant. Focus not just on the obvious (e.g., cost of attendance, seated dinners, etc.), but also the subtle features of everyday life. Carefully explain your ideas. Draw from the book but don’t directly quote.

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