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Capitalising on Bourdieu : how useful is his sociology?

Guanglun Michael Mu-2013-06-07-QUT ePrints (Queensland University of Technology)

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Research questions: How Chinese Australians capitalise on resources (Capital) and negotiate Chineseness (habitus) through learning Chinese as a Heritage Language (CHL practice) in the lived world (field)? Are Chinese Australians’ Chineseness and their CHL learning co-constructed? What does ‘looking Chinese’ mean in Chinese Australians’ CHL learning? How do Chinese Australians learn CHL within the family milieu?

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Research questions: How Chinese Australians capitalise on resources (Capital) and negotiate Chineseness (habitus) through learning Chinese as a Heritage Language (CHL practice) in the lived world (field)? Are Chinese Australians’ Chineseness and their CHL learning co-constructed? What does ‘looking Chinese’ mean in Chinese Australians’ CHL learning? How do Chinese Australians learn CHL within the family milieu?

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HabitusNegotiationSociologyField (mathematics)Gender studiesMedia studiesSocial scienceAnthropology

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