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Physical capital and situated action:a new direction for corporeal sociology
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The notion of situated action is introduced in this paper to illustrate how the relationship between social field and physical capital can result in not only a continuation of habitual action, but also an associated accumulation of particular quantities and qualities of physica.Abstract:
Pierre Bourdieu's writings provide us with a powerful vision of corporeal sociology (an approach towards human relationships and identities that has at its centre the socially shaped embodied subject), and an understanding of the body as a form of physical capital. Despite his protestations to the contrary, however, a reproductionist bias pervades Bourdieu's conception of social action, making it difficult for him to account theoretically for those individuals who deviate from the class trajectories ‘assigned’ them during their formative years. After exploring the idea of physical capital implicit within Bourdieu's work, this article places this conception of the body on a non‐reproductionist footing by developing the pragmatist notion of situated action. This conception of action is then used to illustrate how the relationship between social field and physical capital can result in not only a continuation of habitual action (and an associated accumulation of particular quantities and qualities of physica...read more
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Emotional capital and education: theoretical insights from bourdieu
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Bourdieu, Feminism and Female Physical Culture: Gender Reflexivity and the Habitus-Field Complex
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Transition from the Military into Civilian Life: An Exploration of Cultural Competence
TL;DR: In this article, the authors employ the theoretical framework and concepts of Pierre Bourdieu to examine the notion of transition from military to civilian life for U.K. Armed Forces personnel.
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