Bourdieu’s theory of capital and discourses on class

This chapter sets out the theoretical framework of my study in order to demonstrate how issues of class and gender are constructed and disseminated among Urasenke chado¯ practitioners in Akita city. I aim to examine Bourdieu’s (1984, 1986) theory of capital – involving cultural, economic, symbolic and social capital – in relation to chado¯ practitioners’ gender and class discourses. This is relevant to the discussion of the research questions set out in Chapter 1.