The Sociology of Consumption: A Global Approach [PDF]
Joel Stillerman. Cambridge, UK: Polity, 2015. vi and 225 pp., bibliography, index. $24.95 paper (ISBN-13: 978-0-7456-6127-8); $69.95 cloth (ISBN 9780745661278); $19.99–$69.95 electronic (ISBN 97807...
Jacob C. Miller
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BIBLIOMETRIC ANALYSIS OF THE CONCEPT OF CONSUMPTION IN SOCIOLOGICAL STUDIES [PDF]
This article presents a bibliometric analysis of academic studies on consumption from 1975 to the present. The study was undertaken to identify trends in consumption publications, understand networks, and outline future research directions.
Hayrettin Zengin, Yaşar Suveren
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Nostalgic Consumption: Sociological Analysis [PDF]
The presented paper focuses on the phenomena of «commercialization of nostalgia» which is defined as the use of Soviet attributes, symbols and artefacts in promotion and branding of contemporary market goods. What can be evident for any observer and what
Kusimova Tamara, B., Shmidt Maya, A.
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The Evolution of Sociological Approaches Towards Conceptualizing Consumption in Western Sociology
The second half of the 20th century saw multiple directions of consumer research emerge in sociology, including a cultural turn, a material turn, a practical turn, a turn towards sustainability, and a digital turn.
Zoya V. Kotelnikova
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Social relations and challenges to consuming less in a mass consumption society
Increasing numbers of people in welfare societies express worries about their ecological footprint. Some make efforts to significantly reduce their consumption.
Magnus Boström
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Bringing Children into the Sociology of Consumption: A Symbolic Consumption Perspective
This article explores children’s consumption practices from a sociology of consumption perspective. The aim is to discover whether South African children, in their consumption of clothing, engage in symbolic consumption and to identify the ways in which ...
Belinda Senooane, Johannes Wiid
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Institutionalization of the Sociology of Consumption in Russia
This article explores the process by which a subfield of sociology, the sociology of consumption, became institutionalized in Russia. By “institutionalization” is meant the process of its establishment as an autonomous field of scientific knowledge, university-level discipline and academic community of scholars.
Оlga Gurova
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Sociology of Alcohol Consumption – In Search of a Theory
Alcohol consumption takes place in society and because of society. The “social” aspect of this phenomenon gives a meaning that manifests itself in the framework of interaction.
Erik Brezovec
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bourdieu and the sociology of music consumption a critical assessment of recent developments bourdieu and the sociology of music consumption [PDF]
The French sociologist Pierre Bourdieu has been an extraordinarily influential figure in the sociology of music. For over three decades, his concepts have helped to generate both empirical and theoretical interventions in the field of study. His impact on the sociology of music taste, in particular, has been profound, his ideas directly informing our ...
Nick Prior
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What is consumption, where has it been going, and does it still matter? [PDF]
This article considers the relationships between consumption, the environment, and wider sociological endeavour. The current vogue for applying theories of practice to the policy domain of ‘sustainable consumption’ has been generative of conceptual ...
David M. Evans
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