Status distinctions in interaction: Social selection and exclusion at an elite nightclub

Qualitative Sociology

Volumn 33, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 229-255

  Rivera, Lauren A ^a  

^a NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Bourdieu; Cultural capital; Distinction; Exclusion; Micro sociology; Social capital; Status

Indexed keywords

EID: 77954660796     PISSN: 01620436     EISSN: 15737837     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11133-010-9152-2     Document Type: Article

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