Socialization and poweron the field of street people in the city of São Paulo

The paper understands the homeless population as a field. Thus, it pursues specificities of their capital, struggles due to power differential between them, inherited rules of the field and the agent’s habitus. The core of Bourdieu’s theory is always at service to understand how the schemes of domin...

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Authors: Lanfranchi, Carolina Teixeira Nakagawa, Ferreirinho, Viviane Canecchio
Format: article
Status:Published version
Publication Date:2019
Country:Brasil
Institution:Pontifícia Universidade Católica do Rio Grande do Sul (PUCRS)
Repository:Civitas - Revista de Ciências Sociais (Porto Alegre. Online)
Language:Portuguese
OAI Identifier:oai:ojs.revistaseletronicas.pucrs.br:article/30830
Online Access:https://revistaseletronicas.pucrs.br/civitas/article/view/30830
Access Level:Open access
Keyword:Field
Habitus
Homeless population
São Paulo.
Campo
Populación en situación de calle
População em situação de rua
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Summary:The paper understands the homeless population as a field. Thus, it pursues specificities of their capital, struggles due to power differential between them, inherited rules of the field and the agent’s habitus. The core of Bourdieu’s theory is always at service to understand how the schemes of domination and symbolic power are structured within society. The task of applying his theory to homeless in São Paulo starts by defining it as a field, then analyzing specific empirical data to understand part of their symbolic goods. In conclusion, the study indicates some variables that define the inculcated system of dispositions, with rules ranging from body codes, concentration density point, access to public services’, as important factors of distinction and resistance to institutionalization.