Holt (1998) averiguou a aplicao do consumo como forma de adquirir status realizando pesquisas nos Estados Unidos e na Turquia (HOLT; STNER, 2010). A presente pesquisa baseou-se neste ltimo estudo e teve como objetivos : a) estudar se o consumo de produtos culturais seria uma forma de construir status; b) investigar qual a relao destes produtos com o capital cultural das mulheres da nova classe mdia. O consumo de produtos culturais mostrou-se fundamental para construo das estratgias de status e o capital cultural mostrou-se determinante na escolha destes produtos. Concluiu-se que os produtos culturais utilizados variaram conforme o maior ou menor capital cultural das entrevistadas. O uso do conceito de capital cultural possibilitou um maior entendimento da construo dos gostos e prticas de consumo .
This article provides a theoretical effort to extend the literature on taste transformation and emphasize its shortcomings in explaining this process in social mobility contexts. Firstly, we conduct an overview of taste research in consumer behavior, followed by a presentation of the main concepts on taste transformation under debate in the literature of consumer culture theory and a discussion of the gaps in these frameworks. Secondly, we discuss how a context of social mobility could afford new directions for research on taste transformation. The Brazilian case is proposed as an illustration of this proposition due to its recent socioeconomic instability. Finally, we identify opportunities for future research by exploring (a) taste as a mechanism of distinction-across and (b) taste in inertial acquisition dynamics.
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