Modern Yoganın Analizi: Cinsiyetlendirilmiş Bir Sosyal Alan

Yıl 2020, Cilt: 12 Sayı: 2, 59 - 73, 20.12.2020

Özge Duman Canan Koca

https://doi.org/10.46655/federgi.842925

Öz

Yoga, Batı’da fitness kültürü içerisinde gelişmesiyle bir değişime uğramış ve kültürel endüstrinin bir
parçası haline gelmiştir. Bu çalışmada, yoganın bu değişen yapısını anlayabilmek için yoga alanı,
Bourdiue’nün eylem kuramı kullanılarak bir sosyal alan olarak analiz edilmiştir. Bireysel görüşmeler
(10 yoga eğitmeni ve 10 yoga uygulayıcısı) ve üç ay süren katılımlı gözlem ile elde edilen verilerin
analizi sonucunda üç temaya ulaşılmıştır: Yoga topluluğunun habitusu, yoga alanını cinsiyetlendiren
doksalar, yoga alanında hakim olan sermayeler. Araştırma bulguları, Türkiye’de yoga alanının
kendine özgü habitusu olduğunu, beden sermayesinin değer gördüğünü ve alanın aktörleri tarafından
yeniden üretilen doksalarıyla birlikte cinsiyetlendirilmiş bir sosyal alan olduğunu göstermektedir.
Sonuç olarak, Türkiye’de modern yoga alanı kapitalist tüketim toplumuyla yakından ilişkilidir ve bu
alanda toplumsal cinsiyet kalıp yargıları yeniden üretilmektedir.

Anahtar Kelimeler

Modern yoga, Bourdieu, toplumsal cinsiyet

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