Date: Wed, 13 Dec 1995 19:42:25 -0800 (PST)
From: ambrozas-AT-sfu.ca (Diana Ambrozas)
Subject: Re: cultural capital: skill or signifier?


Toni morrison is an african american writer (_Sula_, _Beloved_) who often
writes about mother-daughter relations.  According to the distinction made
so far on the list I guess  knowledge of her work would be cultural capital
within the field of feminist literary criticism while she herself has a
mess of symbolic capital  given that she has received prestigious awards 
for her work. (I think she won the Booker Prize a few years back. )  

Having said that I agree with Jo that such distinctions should not be taken
as ends in themselves.  Nonetheless I will take any opportunity to blow
morrison's horn.

diana.