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‘What underwear do I like?’ Taste and (embodied) cultural capital in the consumption of women’s underwear [PDF]
Journal of Consumer Culture, 2014 This paper argues that women’s underwear functions as a source for (re)constructing female identity, and that women’s consumption of underwear is an embodied experience through which they ‘learn’ to choose the ‘right’ underwear for the right occasion. This experience is understood here through the use of Pierre Bourdieu’s notions of habitus, taste and (
Christiana Tsaousi
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WomenThis study addresses the problem of psycho-verbal violence experienced by women seeking divorce in Tehran (Iran’s capital) and aims to investigate the influence of cultural capital on the occurrence of this form of violence.
Fatemeh Hamedanian
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Kinesiology, 2021 The main objective of this study was to determine whether sociocultural factors influence the career development of Slovenian national team football players. In this interview-based research, we consider Bourdieu’s theory of embodied and institutionalized cultural capital to find possible influencing sociocultural factors on the career development ...
Križaj, Jožef, Doupona, Mojca
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Journal of Ethnic and Migration StudiesBourdieu [1987. “What Makes a Social Class? On The Theoretical and Practical Existence of Groups.” Berkeley Journal of Sociology 32: 1–17. https://www.jstor.org/stable/41035356, 4] refers to the potential power of forms of capital as being ‘like aces in ...
Megan Watkins
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The use of institutionalised and embodied cultural capital in platform-mediated care work
European Journal of Cultural and Political SociologyAbstract Cultural capital (CC) is often seen as losing relevance in platform work, where job distribution depends on algorithmic rankings and ratings. This study shows that care platform workers actively engage in cultural labour to leverage their CC and improve their chances of securing jobs. The platform itself creates opportunities
Tereza Klegr, Martin Hájek
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Behavioral Sciences, 2023 The theory of cultural capital has long been applied to explain academic achievement. This qualitative study investigated first-year students in higher vocational colleges and, taking this low cultural capital group as an example, explored how cultural ...
Junjun Huang +3 more
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Humanities and Social Sciences CommunicationsAbstract In contemporary Chinese society, embodied cultural capital plays a crucial role in the detraditionalization of fertility beliefs. However, empirical evidence on this association remains limited, and the attitudinal pathways linking cultural resources to fertility beliefs have not been sufficiently clarified.
Sisi Zhou, Zhonglu Li
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Enhancing Physical and Mental Health Through the Strategic Use of Social, Economic and Cultural Capital [PDF]
Proceeding Papers (BASIQ International Conference)This paper delves into Pierre Bourdieu's conceptualization of capital—specifically, social, cultural, and economic capital—and its significant impact on physical and mental health (Bourdieu 1977, 1979, 1986).
Cristina Rodica Boboc +3 more
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Social SciencesFilm festivals often struggle to engage younger audiences, posing challenges for cultural participation and well-being. This study examines an innovative communication strategy introduced by the Ibero-American Film Festival of Huelva (FCIH), which ...
Angelo Puccia +3 more
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Humanities & Social Sciences CommunicationsCultural capital is vital for equitable educational development. This paper studies the effect of family cultural capital on the performance of middle school students with regard to gender, using a multiple linear regression model. Participants from four
Hui Jin, Shi Jiao, Xu Ma, Yunan Xia
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