habitus

Example Sentences

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For too many people who have huge libraries, the whole project is one of social signaling and bourgeois habitus.

From Salon

The men claim that negative externalities of “white habitus” formed at farmers’ markets can be managed through “inclusive steps that balance new initiatives and neighborhood stability to make cities ‘just green enough.’”

From Washington Times

“Courage is a habitus, a habit, a virtue: You get it by courageous acts,” she writes.

From The Guardian

In addition, and more important, we all possess and live within what Bourdieu called a habitus.

From Seattle Times

Is the white working class defined by geographic region, educational level, income or cultural habitus?

From Salon