A Bourdieusian Perspective on Acculturation: Mexican Immigrants in the United States

Administrative Sciences

Leonel Prieto¹  Tagi Sagafi-nejad² 

[1] Division of International Business and Technology Studies, Sanchez School of Business, Texas A&M International University, 5201 University Boulevard, Laredo, TX 78045, USA;

关键词: Bourdieu’s theory of practice;    immigration;    Mexican immigrants;    United States;    acculturation practices;   

DOI  :  10.3390/admsci3040290

来源: mdpi

【 摘 要 】

This article uses Bourdieu’s theory of practice (BTOP) to understand immigrants’ acculturation. It synthesizes research findings by discussing acculturation as: (1) equalization of immigrants’ and natives’ development (convergence); (2) language and social practices related to economic, cultural, social and symbolic capitals; and (3) relationships among acculturation indicators in the evolving interactions among immigrants’ habituses and their economic, cultural, social, and symbolic capitals. Hypotheses tests use micro, meso and macro-level practices. Results confirm a systemic correspondence between the habitus and different types of capital, suggesting that relationships among components of immigrants’ habituses and their capitals change as acculturation develops.

【 授权许可】

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