Simon Gunn: “Translating Bourdieu: cultural capital and the English middle class in historical perspective

Simon Gunn’s article, “Translating Bourdieu: cultural capital and the English middle class in historical perspective,” for The British Journal of Sociology, “examines the ways in which Pierre Bourdieu’s work on culture and cultural capital can be applied to the study of the English middle class in the nineteenth and twentieth centuries.”

Consider Gunn’s ideas on class and language during the 19th century in relation to Shaw’s play, which will help you to historicize your analysis of Pygmalion. The article is housed electronically in the Wiley Online Library and is available via the Queens College Library Database. Your login is required.