In field-capital theory, people acquire economic, social and cultural capital which they deploy in social arenas known as "fields" to compete for positions of distinction and status. Competitive behaviour in these fields is of interest to marketers. Examining human behaviour through the lens of field and capital theory highlights the importance of the competition motive in explaining consumers'...

according to bourdieu’s cultural theory, the author’s trajectory reflects the dialectical relationship between his or her habitus and conditions of the literary field in a given historical situation. habitus is dialectically tied to the field and constructed with different capitals. in an author’s habitus, cultural capital plays the main role as the most significant capital. the field of litera...

Conceição Rosa Teixeira (1940-) compôs mais de mil sambas sem receber educação musical formal nem reconhecimento, oferecendo a oportunidade para entender processos criativos em música popular. O trabalho toca questões gênero, religião, classe e etnia partir da perspectiva sociológica produção cultural (BOURDIEU, 1993), articulando reflexões sobre habitus, campo capital cancional.Palavras-chave:...

Este ensaio-teórico visa a abordar os conceitos eliasianos e bourdieusianos, mesmo tendo em mente que uma profundidade é incerta, dado sintetizar Elias Bourdieu um único ensaio é, no mínimo, improvável. São revisitados princípios básicos da “sociologia processual”; relação entre “sociogênese” “psicogênese”; de “segunda natureza”, “configuração” das “teias interdependência” obra Norbert Elias. A...

BACKGROUND Policy-makers and health research funders increasingly require researchers to demonstrate that they have involved patients in the design and conduct of research. However, the extent to which patients and public have the power to get involved on an equal footing is dependent on their economic, cultural, social and symbolic capital. OBJECTIVE To explore power relations in patient and...

The injustices of “allowing certain people to succeed, based not upon merit but upon the cultural experiences, the social ties and the economic resources they have access to, often remains unacknowledged in the broader society” (Wacquant, 1998, p. 216). Cognizant of this, we argue that education requires researchers’ renewed examination and explanation of its involvement in the construction of ...

This review essay of Fields, Capitals, Habitus first discusses how this in-depth inquiry into the lifestyles and cultural practices in Australia contributes to rich discussions sparked by publication translation Bourdieu's Distinction. It then turns research directions that survey opens up, especially comparative perspective, context neoliberalism multiculturalism. One these is study rise Indig...