Bourdieu and secondary schools

Webb, Jen; Schirato, Tony; Danaher, Geoff

doi:10.4324/9781003118305-6

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“…Cultural capital plays a role in reproducing dominant social relations, and because cultural capital is unevenly distributed, it creates inequalities (Bourdieu 1984; Webb et al, 2006). In this study, sex workers’ social status was prescribed according to commonly held beliefs of what characteristics are valued in society, which then shaped their expectations of themselves (Bourdieu 1984; Ridgeway 2014).…”

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“You’re selling a brand”: Marketing commercial sex online

Abel

2021

Sexualities

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Sex work has undergone a change, with the rise of the internet economy with more ‘middle class’ sex workers coming into the industry. In this paper, I explore the social status hierarchy within online direct-contact commercial sex work in New Zealand. I draw on findings from an in-depth qualitative investigation of online sex work, undertaken between 2017 and 2018. I took a participatory approach, working closely with NZPC – Aotearoa New Zealand Sex Workers’ Collective to provide an understanding of two interrelated issues: the role web platforms play in shaping the social status of sex workers who advertise for clients online; and how sex workers brand and market themselves online. The findings suggest that sex workers strive to represent themselves as authentic in their marketing to enhance social status. Furthermore, the web platform on which over 90% of indoor sex workers in New Zealand advertise has embedded a status system among sex workers through the advertising packages they offer. Social status has thus become the most powerful marketing tool indoor direct-contact sex workers have to stand out from their competitors and attract sufficient clients to make a liveable income.

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2021

Sexualities

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“…These dispositions are, for instance, ‘ways of walking or blowing one’s nose, ways of eating or talking’ (1979/1984, p. 466). They are durable, oriented towards practice and transportable to different fields of activity (Webb et al, 2002). Habitus is ‘embodied history, internalised as a second nature and so forgotten as history’ (Bourdieu, 1980/1990, p. 56) since all these individual past experiences are durably internalised and embodied.…”

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“…It is one of the most misunderstood and contested of Bourdieu’s ideas and several different interpretations exist (Noble & Watkins, 2003; Reay, 2004). Likewise, the embodied state of cultural capital itself remains an ambiguous concept (Prieur & Savage, 2011; Webb et al, 2002). Bourdieu did not fully explain how hexis corporal is embodied (Grenfell, 2012).…”

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“…Bourdieu did not fully explain how hexis corporal is embodied (Grenfell, 2012). He argued that cultural capital can be acquired consciously and unconsciously but he did not deeply take on board the role of the body in this process and its engagement with the physical environment (Webb et al, 2002). As Noble and Watkins (2003, p. 523) argued, cultural capital embodiment and ‘learning is reduced to “the imposition and methodical inculcation of the schemes of perception and action which, in practice, organize the practices”, with little detail of how this happens ([Bourdieu] 1984: 212, 217)’.…”

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“…There does not seem to be a consistent definition’ (Threadgold, 2020, p. 4). Additionally, it might explain the degree of willingness, but does not fully explain the degree of body consciousness in relation to the physical environment during cultural capital embodiment (Webb et al, 2002). Noble and Watkins (2003) investigated the process of cultural embodiment and habitus of people playing tennis, and argued that consciousness allows repeated actions, like knowing how to play tennis, to take place.…”

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The value of the serious leisure perspective in understanding cultural capital embodiment in festival settings

Rossetti

Quinn

2022

The Sociological Review

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Festivals have been conceptualised as serious leisure activities as well as arenas for cultural capital acquisition and embodiment. However, there is still theoretical confusion surrounding the process of cultural embodiment, especially in leisure practices. This article suggests that the serious leisure perspective, in combination with cultural capital ideas, offers a means of deepening understanding of how cultural capital can be embodied in festival settings. To make its arguments, the article draws on qualitative data collected at two long-established literary festivals, one in Ireland and one in Italy. Observations and interviews with festival participants were used to develop an understanding of participants’ cultural capital embodiment. The article suggests that the serious leisure perspective is a valuable theory to throw light on three elements of cultural embodiment at festivals: (1) body; (2) pre-existing cultural resources; (3) time. Interlinking serious leisure with cultural capital leads to an in-depth analysis of how culture is embodied during festivals. This article demonstrates the value of using serious leisure and the embodied state of cultural capital ideas in tandem to further understand cultural embodiment in festivals. The study concludes by suggesting potential future studies and areas of research.

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Accounting and religious influence in the seventh day Adventist church in the Pacific islands

Kuma

Fukofuka

Yong

2023

PAR

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Purpose This paper aims to investigate the practice of accounting in the Seventh-day Adventist church of the Pacific Islands and pays particular attention to the coexisting of two control devices: accounting and religion. Design/methodology/approach This paper implemented a qualitative field study design collecting interview data from church members from the Solomon Islands, Tonga and Fiji. Data were also collected through focus group discussions, document reviews, website analysis and participant observations. Pierre Bourdieu’s thinking on symbolic violence, doxa and capital are used to interpret the findings. Findings This paper’s main contribution shows that while there is a divine and profane divide, social agents, given their agency, can move back and forth from one side of the divide to the other. Accounting as a control device does not include features such as faith, which is helpful for decision-making; accordingly, religion is relied upon when it comes to decision-making. In contrast, accounting has features that are useful for stewardship purposes. Accordingly, when it comes to the church’s stewardship function accounting in the form of financial reports is relied upon. Research limitations/implications Pacific Island culture almost permeates all facets of life, including church life; however, this study did not clarify this. Later studies can explore the implications of culture on the deployment of accounting in a religious setting. Practical implications This rich empirical study describes the control dynamics and the tension between accounting and religion in a religious organisation. Accounting needs to adapt to churches’ unique characteristics, whereby religious/doctrinal beliefs must be accounted for and respected. Unlike in the corporate world, accountants in churches cannot fully practice their training or exercise the kind of influence they usually hold in organisations due to their religious belief systems. Originality/value To the best of the authors’ knowledge, this research is one of a few studies on the religion-accounting relationship. While the focus of earlier studies was generally on a secular and sacred divide, this study looks at coexisting of accounting and religion. This study adds to the sparse literature on accounting and religion and their controlling influence.

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Bourdieu and secondary schools

Cited by 9 publications

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“You’re selling a brand”: Marketing commercial sex online

“You’re selling a brand”: Marketing commercial sex online

The value of the serious leisure perspective in understanding cultural capital embodiment in festival settings

Accounting and religious influence in the seventh day Adventist church in the Pacific islands

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