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Consumption, Food and Taste
SAGE Publications 1997; US$ 60.00Exploring the expression of taste through the processes of consumption this book provides an incisive and accessible evaluation of the current theories of consumption, and trends in the representation and purchase of food. more...
Eating Out
Cambridge University Press 2000; US$ 35.00Eating Out is a fascinating study of the consumption of food outside the home. Through recent in-depth research in English cities, the authors have collected a wealth of information into people's attitudes towards, and expectations of, eating out as a form of entertainment and an expression of taste and status. more...
Market Relations and the Competitive Process
Manchester University Press 2005; US$ 80.00There has been increasing interest and debate in recent years on the instituted nature of economic processes in general and the related ideas of the market, in particular the competitive process. This debate lies at the interface between two largely independent disciplines, economics and sociology, and reflects an attempt to bring the two fields of... more...
Cultural Analysis and Bourdieu?s Legacy
Taylor and Francis 2010; US$ 42.95Cultural Analysis and Bourdieu?s Legacy explores the achievements and limitations of a Bourdieusian approach to cultural analysis through original contributions from distinguished international scholars. This edited collection offers sustained critical engagement, substantiated by new empirical work. It presents concrete evidence of different... more...
Ordinary Consumption
Taylor and Francis 2013; US$ 218.00Ordinary Consumption promotes a distinctive approach to the understanding of the central practices of consumer society, a book with a controversial message, it will be a source of debate about the appropriate agenda for reserach. more...
Trust in Food
Palgrave Macmillan 2007; US$ 105.00The BSE epidemic, GM foods, avian flu, the growth of supermarkets and the crisis in obesity have shaken consumer trust in food. Uncovering surprising differences between countries, Trust in Food examines this and challenges the idea of the consumer as a sovereign individual, demonstrating how consumption is institutionalized within society. more...
Culture, Class, Distinction
Taylor and Francis 2008; US$ 59.95Choice Recommended Title, February 2010 Culture, Class, Distinction is major contribution to international debates regarding the role of cultural capital in relation to modern forms of inequality. Drawing on a national study of the organisation of cultural practices in contemporary Britain, the authors review Bourdieu?s classic study of the... more...
A Social and Economic Theory of Consumption
Palgrave Macmillan 2010; US$ 95.00Kaj Ilmonen was a pioneer in the third wave of the sociology of consumption. This book provides a balanced overview of the sociology of consumption, arguing that the enthusiasm of 'the third wave' exaggerated the role of the symbolic and imaginary at the expense of the materiality of human societies. more...
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