%0 Journal Article
%T From the ¡®What¡¯ and ¡®How¡¯ to the ¡®Where¡¯: Class Distinction as a Matter of Place
%A Jens Koehrsen
%J Cultural Sociology
%@ 1749-9763
%D 2019
%R 10.1177/1749975518819669
%X Research on the symbolic boundary work of upper- and middle-class actors has placed a greater emphasis on the ¡®what¡¯ and ¡®how¡¯ of cultural consumption than on the ¡®where¡¯. However, the spaces where actors move are important: the ¡®what¡¯ and ¡®how¡¯ of marking distinction vary according to national class cultures and cultural fields. This article focuses on the ¡®where¡¯ arguing that interaction settings shape actors¡¯ boundary work. Based upon research on Argentinean Pentecostalism, the study shows that middle-class Pentecostals switch between distinction-marking and ¡®omnivorous¡¯ performances of Pentecostalism depending on the social permeability of the spaces where they move. These insights suggest that the contextual conditions in which actors present themselves as ¡®omnivores¡¯ or ¡®snobs¡¯ deserve more attention
%K Argentina
%K boundary work
%K Bourdieu
%K context
%K distinction
%K interaction
%K middle class
%K omnivores
%K Pentecostals
%K Pentecostalism religion
%K social class
%U https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10.1177/1749975518819669