This study examines the extent of class and racial inequalities in cultural capital development among recent adolescent cohorts in the United States. Informed by several decades of cultural capital research, I compare participation in four dimensions of cultural capital proposed by prior scholarship—highbrow consumption, omnivorous consumption, technical capacity, and social competence—by using nationally representative time-diary data to test for group differences in time-use patterns. Time investment has been long theorized but seldom tested as the means through which individuals develop cultural capital. Activities associated with technical capacity appear to have the greatest potential as the bases for both class and racial exclusions, as group differences are evident in both the prevalence and duration of participation. Smaller race and class differences are evident for omnivorous consumption, and low participation in highbrow activities is evident across all groups. Distinct patterns of time-use among Asian American adolescents suggest they are simultaneously advantaged and disadvantaged in their cultural capital acquisition, speaking to debates regarding their relative status in the United States.

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投资时间：美国青少年文化资本发展的群体差异

这项研究调查了美国近期青少年人群中文化资本发展中阶级和种族不平等的程度。在几十年的文化资本研究的指导下，我通过使用具有国家代表性的时间日志数据来检验在先奖学金获得的文化资本在四个方面的参与度（高消费，杂食性消费，技术能力和社会能力），以检验群体差异。时间使用模式。时间投资早已被理论化，但很少被测试为个人发展文化资本的手段。与技术能力相关的活动似乎具有最大的潜力，可作为阶级和种族排斥的基础，因为在参与的发生率和持续时间上，群体差异都是显而易见的。杂食消费的种族和阶级差异较小，并且所有群体的参加低俗活动的比例均较低。亚裔青少年的时间使用方式不同，这表明他们在获取文化资本方面同时处于优势和劣势，并在有关他们在美国相对地位的辩论中发言。