Bourdieu's Theoretical Context
- Field: a competitive system of social relations functioning according to its own specific logic or rules. The field is the site of struggle for power between the dominant and subordinate classes. It is within the field that legitimacy--a key aspect defining the dominant class--is conferred or withdrawn.
- Habitus: An individually operationalized set of expectations and understandings based on the collection of experiences a given individual encounters that shape his or her sense of the "rules of the game." It is what regulates interactions within a field in an observable, "objective" manner, affecting not only the individual but all those who interact with that individual.
- Cultural Capital: Cultural capital can also be described as cultural competence. Like economic capital, it conveys legitimacy, and a legitimacy regulated by institutions within the society.
- Visualization