Abstract
This article explores the moral narratives that the Argentinean upper class mobilizes as criteria of social distinction and the ways in which schools mediate the construction of such discourses. By analyzing sixty-three in-depth interviews and observations of everyday life as well as the examination of secondary documents, the paper discusses the importance of moral character as a sign of distinction. By documenting the formative experiences of the members of the "upper class", their school choice and the practices that are carried out in these institutions, the article argues that it is not by enabling the accumulation of educational capital that, in Argentina, schools become strategic in construction distinction. They are important because they exclude other social groups from the processes that lead to the recreation of a specific repertoire of moral classifications.
Keywords:
schools; moral classifications; distinction; elites; Argentina