The practices of social distinction. A case study of youth in the city of Cali, Colombia

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DOI:

https://doi.org/10.32735/S0718-6568/2005-N11-367

Keywords:

social distinction, aesthetics, body, representations of gender, sociability

Abstract

The article displays the main results of a study undertaken between 1998 and 2000 among young men in the city of Cali, Colombia; exploring their practices of distinction in regards to the body, clothing, social circuits, women as ostentation objects and their dynamics of prestige. The study is developed on the basis of participant observation and interviews with groups of young men between 14 and 22 years old, among low-middle and middle-high classes. The study examines their opinions on fashion, prestige, social distinction and behaviors that grant or remove social status.

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    Master en Estudios Políticos de la Universidad Javeriana de Cali y Psicóloga de la Universidad del Valle.  Directora de la Carrera de Ciencia Política de la Pontificia Universidad Javeriana de Cali

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    Magister en Sociología  y Psicólogo de la Universidad del Valle.  Coordinador del Campo de Psicología Social del Programa de Psicología de la Pontificia Universidad Javeriana de Cali

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Published

2018-07-01

Issue

No. 11 (2005): Gestión del cuerpo y control social

Section

Lente de aproximación