Rethinking Class
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Rethinking Class

Cultures, Identities and Lifestyles

  1. 229 pages
  2. English
  3. PDF
  4. Available on iOS & Android
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About this book

Edited by leading British sociologists of stratification, this book advances contemporary debates in class analysis. It draws on current theoretical debates in sociology and considers the implications of the cultural turn for the study of class. It brings together the very latest empirical work on contemporary topics such as culture, identities and lifestyles undertaken by researchers from Britain, Germany, the Netherlands and Australia. It will be required reading for those committed to pushing the boundaries of class and stratification in new and exciting directions around the world.

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Yes, you can access Rethinking Class by Fiona Devine, Mike Savage, John Scott, Rosemary Crompton, Fiona Devine,Mike Savage,John Scott,Rosemary Crompton in PDF and/or ePUB format, as well as other popular books in Social Sciences & Sociology. We have over one million books available in our catalogue for you to explore.

Information

Year
2017
Print ISBN
9780333968956
eBook ISBN
9780230214545

Table of contents

  1. Cover
  2. Half Title
  3. Title
  4. Copyright
  5. Contents
  6. List of Figures and Tables
  7. Notes on Contributors
  8. 1 The Cultural Turn, Sociology and Class Analysis
  9. 2 Social Stratification and Social Inequality: Models of Intersectionality and Identity
  10. 3 The Re-Branding of Class: Propertising Culture Beverley Skeggs
  11. 4 Class and Culture in Germany
  12. 5 Local Habitus and Working-Class Culture
  13. 6 Memory Magic: How a Working-Class Neighbourhood Became an Imagined Community and Class Started to Matter when it Lost its Base
  14. 7 Middle-Class Identities in the United States Fiona Devine
  15. 8 Social Change and Social Identity: Postmodernity, Reflexive Modernisation and the Transformation of Social Identities in Australia
  16. 9 Class Analysis: Beyond the Cultural Turn Rosemary Crompton and John Scott
  17. Bibliography
  18. Index