High culture

Definition

High culture comprises the cultural products and activities that are often associated with formal, traditional, or elite social status. It includes practices such as attending the opera, ballet, classical music performances, and engaging in the fine arts.

Related terms

Cultural Capital:

The accumulation of knowledge, behaviors, and skills that one can tap into to demonstrate one's cultural competence and social status.

Aestheticism: A movement centered on the visual arts that emphasizes beauty and refined taste above practical or societal functions.

Elite Culture: The set of cultural products and practices regarded as superior or prestigious among society's elite or upper class