Abstract

CASILLAS, Miguel; COLORADO, Aldo; MOLINA, Ahtziri  and  ORTEGA, Juan Carlos. Musical Preferences of Veracruz University Students. Sociológica (Méx.) [online]. 2014, vol.29, n.81, pp.199-225. ISSN 2007-8358.

Based on the extended in-depth research presented in the book Usos del tiempo y consumo cultural de los estudiantes universitarios (University Students' Uses of Time and Cultural Consumption), published by the ANUIES in 2013, this article analyzes one of the traits of the diversity among Veracruz University students today: the differences in their musical preferences. The authors establish groups defined by musical genres and analyze the kind of values, habits, and social behavior that are reference points for university students' identities. Then, they analyze the groups using the concepts of cultural capital and educational trajectory.

Keywords : musical genres; university students; cultural capital; educational trajectory.