Barcodes, motricity and aesthetics. The embodiment of cashier work
Few empirical studies have analysed the process of formation and/or transformation of dispositions from the perspective of Bourdieu's analytical framework or the closely related one of Lahire. This article helps alleviate this problem by studying the embodiment of work organization by new cashi...
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| Tipo de recurso: | artículo |
| Fecha de publicación: | 2019 |
| País: | España |
| Institución: | Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona |
| Repositorio: | Dipòsit Digital de Documents de la UAB |
| Idioma: | inglés |
| OAI Identifier: | oai:ddd.uab.cat:224059 |
| Acceso en línea: | https://ddd.uab.cat/record/224059 |
| Access Level: | acceso abierto |
| Palabra clave: | Embodiment Dispositions Carnal sociology Bourdieu Neo-Taylorism Corporeización Disposiciones Sociología carnal Neotaylorismo |
| Sumario: | Few empirical studies have analysed the process of formation and/or transformation of dispositions from the perspective of Bourdieu's analytical framework or the closely related one of Lahire. This article helps alleviate this problem by studying the embodiment of work organization by new cashiers in a hypermarket. This question is approached from the dual perspective of Bourdieu's analysis of body care and dispositional dynamics. The data were obtained from an ethnographic study with participant observation that closely followed Wacquant's carnal sociology proposal. The article shows that two processes take place as the cashiers strive to learn: first, the adaptation of generic dispositions to the new situations of the hypermarket; and second, the incorporation of new specific gestural and motor dispositions and the memorization of technical procedures, protocols and barcodes. |
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