An Italian Investigation: Cultural Capital and Social Superiority in Alicia Giménez Bartlett’s Nadie quiere saber

This paper proposes that in Alicia Giménez Bartlett’s Nadie quiere saber (2013), official travel to Rome –the European capital of culture par excellence– by Inspector Petra Delicado and Sub-Inspector Fermín Garzón furnishes a context in which Petra can show off her cultural capital (as per Bourdieu’...

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Autor: Godsland, Shelley
Tipo de documento: Artículo
Estado:Published version
Fecha de publicación:2024
País:Costa Rica
Institución:UCR
Repositorio:Portal de Revistas UCR
Lenguaje:Español
OAI Identifier:oai:portal.ucr.ac.cr:article/62661
Acceso en línea:https://revistas.ucr.ac.cr/index.php/filyling/article/view/62661
Nivel de acceso:Acceso abierto
Palabra clave:Nadie quiere saber
Alicia Giménez Bartlett
cultural capital
Pierre Bourdieu
Rome
capital cultural
Roma
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Sumario:This paper proposes that in Alicia Giménez Bartlett’s Nadie quiere saber (2013), official travel to Rome –the European capital of culture par excellence– by Inspector Petra Delicado and Sub-Inspector Fermín Garzón furnishes a context in which Petra can show off her cultural capital (as per Bourdieu’s classification of the term) in order to denigrate and humiliate her subordinate culturally, professionally, and socially, while also highlighting the relevance of her own bourgeois-hegemonic culture.