Date: Sat, 23 Dec 1995 22:10:54 -0800 (PST)
From: Eric Reinders <6500rein-AT-ucsbuxa.ucsb.edu>
Subject: Re: Using Pierre



A rash of "unsub*scribe me" messages prompts me to wonder what I've got 
out of the list in the couple of weeks I've been on it... and I can't say 
I've got much out of the various mathematical arguments... habitus 
divided by capital equals the square root of practice... or the various 
kinds of hair-splitting and citing of chapter and verse... 

So, what would I like to see on this list, if I too am not to 
unsub*scribe? 

To be honest, I am not that interested in "Bourdieu" as such--its what 
his ideas and terminology allow me to do with my research materials that 
I have read a half-dozen of his books and a few articles. My research 
requires that I articulate a flexible interpretive explanation of the 
phenomenon of bowing (whether Japanese businessmen, Buddhist monks and 
nuns, etc.) in East Asia. Probably a boring subject for many of you. But 
I'm sure you can all think of bits of PB's works that are stimulating in 
this regard. I guess my question would then be, what are you using PB 
for? What "objective" data are you casting a PB-informed eye on, and why? 

Is anyone working on tattoos (I mean, writing about them)? 

Eric Reinders, ucsb