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Bourdieu's Cultural Capital
Wilson (2002) states that from Bourdieu’s three categories of capital, the one that best determines an individual’s class is cultural capital. Bourdieu (1986) suggests cultural capital refers to the possession of assets that provide social mobility. Bourdieu classified these assets in to three categories all of which are both tangible and intangible, as with aptitudes and taste of music however; however vitally, they are not identified with salary, total assets, or any budgetary measure. The first form, embodied state refers to one’s personality, skills and speech, whereas the objectified state refers to goods for example clothes, books or other physical belongings. On the other hand institutionalized state referring educational opportunities
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