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Moral habitus and status negotiation in a marginalized working-class neighborhood

Title	Moral habitus and status negotiation in a marginalized working-class neighborhood
Author	Saatçioğlu, Bige, Ozanne, J. L.
Publication Date:	2013-12
Publication Place	- Oxford University Press
Subject	Moral habitus, Working-class
Type	Periodical
Language	English
Digital	Yes
Manuscript	No
Library:	Özyeğin University
Library Asset ID	1537-5277
Record ID	1e1be2ca-58bf-4fd8-8078-125df113dfbe
Library Location	Business Administration
Date	2013-12
Notes	Due to copyright restrictions, the access to the full text of this article is only available via subscription.
Sample Text	Examinations of the moral and ethical dimensions in identity construction are scant in consumer research. This ethnography of a trailer-park neighborhood investigates how different moral dispositions shape low-income, working-class residents’ consumption practices and status negotiations. Drawing from Bourdieu’s conceptualization of habitus and cultural capital, the authors extend this theory by foregrounding the moral aspects of habitus and demonstrate how morally oriented worldviews are enacted through consumption practices and social evaluations within everyday communities. The study reveals five moral identities that shape the residents’ social construction of status within the microcultural context of a trailer park. These findings point to the multiplicity and richness of social-class-based dispositions as well as the importance of studying micro-level contexts to better understand macrodynamics.
DOI	10.1086/671794
Cilt	40

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Moral habitus and status negotiation in a marginalized working-class neighborhood

Author Saatçioğlu, Bige, Ozanne, J. L.

Publication Date 2013-12

Publication Place - Oxford University Press

Subject Moral habitus, Working-class

Type Periodical

Language English

Digital Yes

Manuscript No

Library Özyeğin University

Library Asset ID 1537-5277

Record ID 1e1be2ca-58bf-4fd8-8078-125df113dfbe

Library Location Business Administration

Date 2013-12

Notes Due to copyright restrictions, the access to the full text of this article is only available via subscription.

Sample Text Examinations of the moral and ethical dimensions in identity construction are scant in consumer research. This ethnography of a trailer-park neighborhood investigates how different moral dispositions shape low-income, working-class residents’ consumption practices and status negotiations. Drawing from Bourdieu’s conceptualization of habitus and cultural capital, the authors extend this theory by foregrounding the moral aspects of habitus and demonstrate how morally oriented worldviews are enacted through consumption practices and social evaluations within everyday communities. The study reveals five moral identities that shape the residents’ social construction of status within the microcultural context of a trailer park. These findings point to the multiplicity and richness of social-class-based dispositions as well as the importance of studying micro-level contexts to better understand macrodynamics.

DOI 10.1086/671794

Cilt 40