Cultural Sociology and the Arts

Social stratification is a concept from social stratification, not cultural sociology.

Emile Durkheim is considered the father of cultural sociology.

Symbolic interactionism is the term for the process by which individuals and groups use cultural symbols to communicate and interact with each other.

Cultural hegemony is the term for the dominant cultural values and beliefs that are shared by a majority of people in a society.

Cultural capital is the term for the resources that individuals and groups possess that allow them to participate in cultural activities.

Economic capital is not a type of cultural capital.

Cultural transmission is the term for the process by which cultural values and beliefs are transmitted from one generation to the next.

Cultural diffusion is the term for the process by which cultural values and beliefs spread from one culture to another.

Literature is not a type of art.

Sociology of art is the term for the study of the relationship between culture and the arts.

To make money is not a function of art.

Aesthetics is the term for the study of the social and cultural significance of art.

Marxism is not a type of aesthetic theory.

Art history is the term for the study of the history of art.

Economic history is not a type of art history.