An Empirical Study on the Social Benefits of Urban Cultural Consumption Policy from the Perspective of Cultural Distinction:A Case Study of Nanjing
Fostering cultural consumption has always been the aim of urban cultural policy.Although there are public subsidies to encourage cultural consumption,its effectiveness remains elusive.Existing studies have not given much attention to the relationships between policy participation and cultural distinction when discussing cultural subsidies policy.To fill this gap,this paper constructs a theoretical model of relationship between policy participation and cultural distinction,drawing on Bourdieu's theory of practice and distinction to discuss the influence of cultural consumption policy on cultural distinction.Taking Nanjing's cultural consumption subsidy policy as an example,this research makes a comparative analysis and regression model analysis based on the questionnaire survey of community residents in Nanjing.The results reveal that urban cultural consumption policy reinforces the cultural distinction.Although cultural consumption subsidy attracts the groups with higher cultural omnivorousness,with a higher disposition of economic,cultural and social capital,it fails to promote the participation of the cultural disadvantaged groups,which results in the decline of its effectiveness.The findings of this research provide theoretical and practical reference for urban cultural governance.
urban cultural policydistinctioncultural consumption subsidycultural omnivorousnesscultural capital