Iranian Journal of Sociology

Abstract This article deals with the culture and lifestyle of the upper class in Iran. In this study, the upper class is defined by one's occupation, income, location of residence, house, and car model. We used thematic analysis of the qualitative method. In addition, we selected 22 people as our research sample and carried out semi-structured interviews. Moreover, the concepts of lifestyle and culture were defined based on the theory of Bourdieu, Veblen, and Eliot. Research findings demonstrated that the Iranian upper class has low cultural knowledge and literacy, multi-tastes, and cultural ambivalence. Therefore, it is hard to identify a typology of a distinct lifestyle.
 

Abstract The main purpose of this article is to study the relationship between the cultural capital and lifestyle among the middle class citizens of Sanandaj city, Kurdistan, Iran. The theoretical hypothesis behind this issue is that lifestyles are shaped in relation to the types and degree of social capitals in society. Also, lifestyles have a main role in constructing identities, meanings, attitudes, schemas, tastes and behaviors. The theoretical framework of this article is based on Bourdieu, Chaney, Sobel and Giddens’s viewpoints in the social sciences. The population comprises of Sanandaj middle class residents from which a sample has been selected according to its main internal strata. Also, we used the questionnaire to gather the data and information. The findings show that there is a positive and meaningful correlation between cultural capital and its different forms with lifestyle. Among the different forms of cultural capital, the embodied one has the most degree of relationship with lifestyle among the middle class residents of Sanandaj city.

Abstract The paper tries to show the effect of life style on social identity. On the base of  Pierre Bourdieu's theory about distinction ,we suppose that cultural consumption and body management as the dimensions of  life style affect ethical, religious and cosmopolitan identity. Having used probability sample, we chose 323 Sanandaji youths as the target population. Results from the SEM method demonstrate that empirical data does not support our own model. In other words, cultural consumption and the management of body have no significant correlations with ethical, religious and cosmopolitan identity. 

Abstract Some sociologists have Pouinted out how people use music and art display to show their social status. They all suggest cultural consumption and taste can be seen as symbolic communication and a means of establishing social relationships, networks and status groups. It has also been argued that the symbolic communication or status is much more important in modern times and urban environment, because of the frequency of superficial social contacts in these locations. This article, studies the relationship between social Language Challenge, Nostalgia, and Weakening Network. Finally, Reconstructing/deconstructing were the core category constructed from data to explain the impact that modernization consequences has on the Ouramat region. The people of Ouraman perceived modernization consequences as bestowing the modern ways of life and growth of the region while simultaneously threatening cultural beliefs and the traditional way of life. The results are presented in a paradigm model consisting of conditions, interactions and consequences around the core category and can be used to understand the impact of change from the introduction of modern education can have on a traditional society.