Consuming sports: distinction, univorism and omnivorism

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serval:BIB_07A53E98A433
Type
Article: article from journal or magazin.
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Title
Consuming sports: distinction, univorism and omnivorism
Journal
Sport in Society
Author(s)
Lefevre B., Ohl F.
ISSN
1743-0437
Publication state
Published
Issued date
01/2012
Peer-reviewed
Oui
Volume
15
Number
1
Pages
44-63
Language
english
Abstract
The question of the social usages of culture and its links with social groups continues to be a topic of discussion today. The aim of this article is to contribute to the debate by examining coherence in the choice of physical activities and sports. The study focuses on the upper social groups, questioning, from a macro-sociological standpoint, their possible omnivority and their dissonance of choice with regard to these activities. Based on a quantitative survey of the sports participated in by the French, the study shows that omnivority and massification of activities are major phenomena. However, the upper social groups in France remain distinguishable both in terms of their "high level of omnivority" and their choice of distinctive activities. Dissonance is another of their characteristics but to a lesser extent.
Keywords
sport, culture, distinction, taste, habitus, omnivority, univority
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