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  1. Department of Sociology, University of Notre Dame, 735 Flanner, Notre Dame, IN, 46556, USA

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Based on remarks delivered at a Thematic Session on “The Sources of Cultural Power,” organized by David Smilde at the Annual Meeting of the American Sociological Association, Chicago, IL, 2015.

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Lizardo, O. Cultural Symbols and Cultural Power. Qual Sociol 39, 199–204 (2016). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11133-016-9329-4

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