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The Cover Girl Research Of Perspective Magazine On Bourdieu’s Sociological Theory

Posted on:2013-07-09Degree:MasterType:Thesis
Country:ChinaCandidate:L L ChenFull Text:PDF
GTID:2247330374493233Subject:Literature and art
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This paper attempts to the image of the fashion magazine cover girl evolution of Bourdieu’s social practice theory, and to find a reliable theoretical basis for the image of the fashion magazine cover girl. Bourdieu’s theory of social practice can be seen, Specific social practice of the participants must be living among a variety of different fields, their presence in the domain has a high and low position, which is the division of class, and these changes in position by the participants in the presence ofthe quantity and quality of the domain occupied by the capital of the decision. Participants, on the other hand, the presence of a domain class attribute different for different habit, habit once formed is bound to practice the principles and guidelines for the presence of this class of domain, but also the presence of that class in the possession of the capital value to determine legitimacy. Practice of the new principles will be counterproductive habitus, relied upon the presence of a position change in the domain for this class to generate a new.Social practice based on the above principle, we can find the magazine cover girl image, can be such a research and demonstration:a cover girl Image of women’s fashion magazine in order to obtain more cultural capital (economic capital), to enhance the location of the social field, a practice strategy; female fashion magazine cover girl for the strategy to obtain cultural capital to enhance its position in the social field behavior, but also by their class groups where the number of capital and structure. They affect the shape of women’s fashion magazine cover girl image and selection; three women’s fashion magazine cover girl in the upgrading process of its fashion culture field location habit, and habit formation also affirmed the magazine the capital value and legitimacy of the domain of the fashion field, which formed the audience of its own unique cover girl shape the style and consumption; habit formation, in turn, restrict the cover girl Selection and Shaping of the principle, and leads the audience in accordance with this the principles of cultural practices; audience cultural practices to produce new principles and rules of counter-re-shaping of the Cover Girl image, which is a reproduction of the body image and taste.In this paper, published between2000to2011,"Urban Beauty" magazine covers as a major research samples, examples and data analysis confirms the above theory. Bourdieu’s theory of social practice, visits magazine cover girl of consumer culture should not use it as an independent symbol system, nor should it be used as a negative and a direct reflection of the established social reality and social order, he thinks specific social practice can be used as an important bridge connecting between social structure and subjective existence in the social space and symbol system. Desperately wants to prove a core concept is the idea of social practice theory:people in the daily consumption of cultural practices (including the body, clothing, food, taste and even in literature, painting, music, art, etc.), certificates and represent the actors in the domain of social practice field in which class and identity. It is in accordance with this theoretical premise, this paper Bourdieu social practice theory to extract the core concept of "field" and "habitus" and "cultural capital" to explain the characteristics, causes, and cultural image of female fashion magazine cover girl connotation, and to give readers a clear understanding of Bourdieu’s theory of social practice perspective "What is a magazine cover girl?","What is a magazine cover girl?" and women’s fashion magazine covers how social theory of meaning and practice development space.
Keywords/Search Tags:Bourdieu, Field, Habitus, Capital, Class Taste, Cover Girl
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