Entry:
Verter, Bradford, "Aiming the Canon: Public Opinion on the Curriculum Debate," Paper presented to the American Sociological Association, Los Angeles, August, 1994.
Abstract:
Attitudes regarding culture are divided along clear class lines. Only the educational and occupational elite consider high culture to be an integral facet of cultural literacy. In fact, educational level, consumption patterns, and cultural attitudes can significantly predict support for high culture. However, high culture may be less of a status marker in the future.
GSS Years:1993
Other Data Sets:
Roper; Congressional Research Service; Gallup; Yankelovich; Harris
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GSS Codebook Variables referenced by document: |
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Variable Name |
Variable Label |
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| PCLIT |
SHAME TRADL AMER LIT IGNORED FOR MINORITY LIT |
| CLASSICS |
HS AND COLL STUDTS READ TOO MANY CLASSICS |
| GRTBOOKS |
APPEAL OF GREATEST BOOKS IS UNIVERSAL |
| AGE |
AGE OF RESPONDENT |
| SEX |
RESPONDENTS SEX |
| RACE |
RACE OF RESPONDENT |
| EDUC |
HIGHEST YEAR OF SCHOOL COMPLETED |
| OCC |
RS CENSUS OCCUPATION CODE (1970) |
| INCOME |
TOTAL FAMILY INCOME |
| PAPRES80 |
FATHERS OCCUPATIONAL PRESTIGE SCORE (1980) |
| INCOM16 |
RS FAMILY INCOME WHEN 16 YRS OLD |
| PRESTG80 |
RS OCCUPATIONAL PRESTIGE SCORE (1980) |
| FUND |
HOW FUNDAMENTALIST IS R CURRENTLY |
| POLVIEWS |
THINK OF SELF AS LIBERAL OR CONSERVATIVE |
| FEPOL |
WOMEN NOT SUITED FOR POLITICS |
| PORNMORL |
MATERIALS LEAD TO BREAKDOWN IN MORALS |
| AFFRMACT |
FAVOR PREFERENCE IN HIRING BLACKS |
| COLRAC |
ALLOW RACIST TO TEACH |
| COLHOMO |
ALLOW HOMOSEXUAL TO TEACH |
| JUDGEART |
ONLY A FEW PEOPLE CAN JUDGE ART |
| BIBLE |
FEELINGS ABOUT THE BIBLE |
| THNKSELF |
TO THINK FOR ONES SELF |
| MEMNUM |
NUMBER OF MEMBERSHIPS |
| MODPAINT |
MODERN PAINTING IS JUST SLAPPED ON |
| TVHOURS |
HOURS PER DAY WATCHING TV |
| BIGBAND |
LIKE OR DISLIKE BIGBAND MUSIC |
| BLUGRASS |
LIKE OR DISLIKE BLUEGRASS MUSIC |
| COUNTRY |
LIKE OR DISLIKE COUNTRY WESTERN MUSIC |
| BLUES |
LIKE OR DISLIKE BLUES OR R AND B MUSIC |
| MOODEASY |
LIKE OR DISLIKE EASY LISTENING MUSIC |
| MUSICALS |
LIKE OR DISLIKE BROADWAY MUSICALS |
| CLASSICL |
LIKE OR DISLIKE CLASSICAL MUSIC |
| FOLK |
LIKE OR DISLIKE FOLK MUSIC |
| GOSPEL |
LIKE OR DISLIKE GOSPEL MUSIC |
| JAZZ |
LIKE OR DISLIKE JAZZ |
| LATIN |
LIKE OR DISLIKE LATIN MUSIC |
| NEWAGE |
LIKE OR DISLIKE NEW AGE MUSIC |
| OPERA |
LIKE OR DISLIKE OPERA |
| RAP |
LIKE OR DISLIKE RAP MUSIC |
| REGGAE |
LIKE OR DISLIKE REGGAE MUSIC |
| CONROCK |
LIKE OR DISLIKE CONTEMPORARY ROCK MUSIC |
| OLDIES |
LIKE OR DISLIKE OLDIES ROCK MUSIC |
| HVYMETAL |
LIKE OR DISLIKE HEAVY METAL MUSIC |