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How to Commercialize Shaolin Culture Outside China: A Discussion Within the Framework of Bourdieu’s Cultural Capital

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  • Liying Liu
  • Jun Yang
  • Youkuan Shi
  • Guotuan Wang

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Shaolin culture’s commercialization in China, along with the country’s political and economic modernization process, is controversial, and many critics are concerned about the ramifications of its commercialization. This study presents a brief history of the Shaolin Temple Cultural Center in Los Angeles using data collected from two in-depth interviews. Within the framework of Bourdieu’s cultural capital theory, the Center’s development in the highly capitalized and fiercely competitive American cultural market provides some valuable insights into Shaolin culture’s path to commercialization. This path can be characterized as the transformation of Shaolin cultural capital into social capital through its integration into local communities via cultural performances, thus promoting capital upgrading and re-institutionalization.

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  • Liying Liu & Jun Yang & Youkuan Shi & Guotuan Wang, 2022. "How to Commercialize Shaolin Culture Outside China: A Discussion Within the Framework of Bourdieu’s Cultural Capital," SAGE Open, , vol. 12(4), pages 21582440221, December.
    • Handle: RePEc:sae:sagope:v:12:y:2022:i:4:p:21582440221140845
    DOI: 10.1177/21582440221140845
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