Bourdieu and African Americans' Park Visitation: The Case of Cedar Hill State Park in Texas Academic Article

abstract

• 2016 Taylor & Francis Group, LLC. This study used Pierre Bourdieu's theory of practice to understand African Americans underrepresentation at Cedar Hill State Park (CHSP) in Texas. Archival methods, site visits, and face-to-face interviews were conducted with 13 local African Americans. Four salient themes related to African Americans under-representation were identified: (1) racial conflict within the field, (2) CHSP as a racialized space, (3) African American leisure habitus, and (4) lack of relevant attractions. These themes were closely related and together showed that perceived racial discrimination was a common factor which explained nonvisitation at CHSP.

authors

• Scott, David

published proceedings

• LEISURE SCIENCES

altmetric score

• 7

author list (cited authors)

• Lee, K. J., & Scott, D.

citation count

• 22

complete list of authors

• Lee, Kangjae Jerry||Scott, David

publication date

• October 2016

publisher

• Taylor & Francis  Publisher

published in

• Leisure Sciences: an interdisciplinary journal  Journal

keywords

• African Americans
• Bourdieu
• Park Visitation
• RACISM
• Theory Of Practice

Digital Object Identifier (DOI)

• 10.1080/01490400.2015.1127188

start page

• 424

end page

• 440

volume

• 38

issue

• 5

URL

• http%3A%2F%2Fdx.doi.org%2F10.1080%2F01490400.2015.1127188