In this paper, we use recent survey data on the visual arts in order to test three arguments concerning the relationship between social stratification and cultural consumption: i.e. what we label as the ‘homology’, the ‘individualisation’ and the ‘omnivore–univore’ arguments. Through latent class analysis, we identify three types of consumer in the visual arts—‘omnivores’, ‘paucivores’ and non-...

The sociology of mental health focuses on the epidemiology, etiology, correlates, and consequences of mental health (i.e., psychiatric disorder and symptoms, psychological distress, and subjective well-being) in an attempt to describe and explain how social structure influences an individual's psychological health. Critical race theory describes and explains iterative ways in which race is soci...