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étude sur l’acquisition de l’habitus pugilistique
The subject of this master’s thesis being boxing, it seeks to shine a light on the process through which the boxer acquires the pugilistic habitus, from Loïc Wacquant’s viewpoint. Wacquant sees boxing as an individual sport even while it is acquired collectively. The thesis aims to analyse the learning of this sports discipline in a study that combines participant observation, notes from the field and interviews, through the relationships fostered within the boxing gymnasium, developed through the notions of habitus, esprit de corps, sens pratique and capital agonistique. It is in fact based upon collective training that the “esprit de corps” is developed, in the shape of habitus likely to govern the body as well as the representation of the boxers, and further to create a united community through which the “wild body” becomes a “habituated body”.
habitus esprit de corps sens pratique capital agonistique Loïc Wacquant boxe participant observation interview boxing