Diferenciación social en patrones de consumo de exposiciones de arte, teatro, danza, recitales en vivo y circo en la sociedad chilena

Abstract

This study analyzes the social stratification of art exposition, theater, dance, live musical shows and circus consumption within Chilean society. From every sociological variable which predict cultural consumption only educational level, family’s influence and the individual artistic activity performance index have a significant impact. These results, on the one hand, question Bourdieu’s cultural consumption theory, and on the other, reflect a tension of the modernization process which this society has, since cultural consumption travels between traditional and modern social structures. Lastly, it is possible to detect a hard omnivore group (people who consume cultural goods of different kind), which transversally consumes every single cultural good analyzed. Data of this study was taken form the national cultural consumption survey carried out by the Culture and Arts National Commission.