Applying Bourdieu's theory to rural studies in Brazil
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https://doi.org/10.36920/esa-v30-2_st06Keywords:
Bourdieu, habitus, field, rule and strategyAbstract
In homage to Bourdieu 20 years after his death and illustrate the diversity of possibilities offered by his research, we selected three theses and two dissertations on different topics from 2002 to 2022 conducted at universities in each of Brazil’s five geographic regions in order to identify the concepts they incorporated from Bourdieu and how these concepts were applied to pursue the objectives of each study. This content analysis examined the abstracts, introductions, theoretical references, methodology, and final results using Iramuteq software. The results show that the concepts of habitus and “country” were most frequently utilized. We witnessed the vast applications of Bourdieu’s theory and its contemporary relevance to understand the processes of transformation in “rural” Brazilian societies which are marked by permanences and “specificities,” as well as by the acceptance of new values that vary according to social group, material living conditions, and the constructed historicity.
elocation-id: e2230212
Received: Jul.10.2022 • Accepted: Oct.19.2022 • Published: Dec.7.2022
Original article / Double-blind peer review / Open access
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