Meaning of cleft habitus | Babel Free
Definitions
A sense of dislocation experienced when one's life conditions change drastically, for example through social mobility.
Examples
“Bourdieu's idea of “cleft habitus”—a split⟳ between the world you come⟳ from and the one you enter⟳—helps explain⟳ the resentment we see⟳ in Vance, who has written about feeling anxious over not knowing which fork to use⟳ at Yale […], and about being silently judged by people who seem to belong⟳ in a world he only pretends to understand⟳.”
CEFR level
B2
Upper Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B2 vocabulary — upper intermediate level.
This word is part of the CEFR B2 vocabulary — upper intermediate level.
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