Gender Comparison, The Impact of Cultural Capital on Body Management

Document Type : Research Paper

Authors

• bijan khaje noori ¹
• Masoud Kuchani ²

¹ Associate Professor of Sociology, Department of Sociology, Faculty of Economics, Management and Social Sciences, Shiraz University, Shiraz, Iran

² Social Researcher, Behavioral Sciences Group, Iranian Academic Center for Culture, Education and Research (ACECR), Shiraz, Iran

10.30495/jzvj.2021.17092.2454

Abstract

Abstract. Body is something beyond Substantiality and it always affects the individual and social relations. Cultural capital could influence body management as part of their lifestyle. Although the body is important for everyone, the quality and quantity of body management in terms of gender are not the same. The aim of this study is to examine gender comparison of cultural capital impact on the management body. The method was survey and data collected through questionnaire. The participants sample consisted of 398 citizens of Shiraz who 18-65 years old were selected by multistage cluster sampling method. Theoretical framework is based on Bourdieu's theories to explain the impact of cultural capital on body management and feminist theory was developed to explain gender differences. The results illustrate that excess of body management dealing with women and explain the importance of gender in the body management. As well as the objectified and embodied cultural capital and objectified cultural capital have positive effects on body management of women and men, respectively. While institutionalized cultural capital does not impact on the body management of any of these groups.

Keywords

• cultural capital
• body
• body management
• gender
• Shiraz

20.1001.1.20088566.1400.12.47.10.3

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