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Bourdieu – difference between habitus and cultural capital?

I'm writing an essay on the difference in given names in different social classes. I need to include Bourdieu, but: I can not really grasp the difference between habitus and cultural capital. Can somebody help me?
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A **habitus** is in essence the way a person perceives the world. It is the lens through which they view society. Our individual habitus' are dependent on our own experiences. Our own experiences affect how we view our position in society. Our experiences direct our desires,  our expectations, and our mannerisms. A celebrity will view the world differently than a non-celebrity due to their personal experiences. A successful business man will like-wise have a unique perspective due to the experience of belonging to the elite class. A homeless person will have a different social "reality" than a business man, they will experience things differently, and will view the world uniquely because of it. A habitus is a way of thinking and being.

**Cultural capital** refers to the non-monetary assets which effect social mobility. This includes style of dress, vocabulary, education, mannerisms, skills, and artistic ability. If you know how to interact with those of the upper classes, if you know how to entertain them, if you know how to think like them, you theoretically have a greater capability to exercise upward social mobility. Bourdieu realized that money is not the only factor which affects social agency (opportunity). He postulated that by behaving a certain way, by talking a certain way, by liking certain things, you have more "tools" which you can use to get what you want out of life; you have capital (possessions) not available to everyone that you can use to your advantage.

In terms of your essay, you may say that individual habitus' affect names in that those of the lower classes do not know of or cannot relate to "upper-class" names as much as they can "lower-class" names. Maybe they don't think upper-class names sound cool, or are not desirable, due to their own experiences. In relation to cultural capital, maybe lower class individuals do not have access to the knowledge (through inadequate education) of names outside of the names which are common in their social or geographic vicinity.

Good luck with your paper!