Social construction of the body and the performative magic: Pierre Bourdieu’s sociological theory in performance studies Cover Image

Społecznie konstruowane ciała i performatywna magia. Teoria socjologiczna Pierre’a Bourdieu w badaniach performatywnych
Social construction of the body and the performative magic: Pierre Bourdieu’s sociological theory in performance studies

Author(s): Lucyna Kopciewicz
Subject(s): Anthropology, Sociology
Published by: Instytut Slawistyki Polskiej Akademii Nauk
Keywords: Pierre Bourdieu; performance studies; sociology of the body; habitus;

Summary/Abstract: Performance studies are a developing field of social science which draws on the insights of sociology, ethnography, cultural studies, cultural anthropology, theatre studies and communication studies. The object of performance studies is human activity seen as expression which constitutes the process of production and reproduction of subjectivity. In this text the author analyses Pierre Bourdieu’s sociological theory from the perspective of performance studies: of questions about social agency, understood as constructing the subject within a specific field of power. The author focuses particularly on the following aspects of individual and collective practices as described by Pierre Bourdieu: spatial practices, bodily practices, and masculine domination.

  • Issue Year: 2017
  • Issue No: 6
  • Page Range: 1-13
  • Page Count: 13
  • Language: Polish