Social class, lifestyle differentiation, cultural consumption, Pierre Bourdieu, La Distinction, Cultural Class Analysis, luxury goods, social reproduction, identity formation
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This document analyzes how social classes differentiate themselves through lifestyle choices, based on Pierre Bourdieu's theories in 'La Distinction' and Cultural Class Analysis.
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[...] Focus on two domains of attitudes and/or practices. In his book titled Formations of Class and Gender : Becoming Respectable published In 1997, British sociologist Beverley Skeggs focuses on the trajectories of women from working-class backgrounds. She conducts a study among 83 women from an industrial town in northern England, enrolled in 'caring' courses (social work courses in various subjects: social work, paramedical and home care). The fact that these women predominantly turn to caring professions is not insignificant. They value their experiences acquired within their families in terms of caring experiences. [...]
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[...] In this, the habitus is an unconscious mechanism that leads the individual to behave according to certain dispositions. We can then speak of unconscious conditioning aimed at renewing the existing social structures. In his article 'Marriage Strategies in the Reproduction System' published in 1972, Pierre Bourdieu showed how marriage, as an institution, is a factory of dispositions. He describes the mechanisms that lead individuals to marry within their social milieu of origin: 'the system of dispositions inculcated by the material conditions of existence and by family education (i.e. [...]
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