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The Sociology of Consumption

open access: yes, 2017
During the second half of the twentieth century there was a rapid growth in the sub-discipline of the Sociology of Consumption. Consumption is now well established as a central topic for sociologists and others seeking to address a number of contemporary and pressing global issues, such as sustainability and health.
Blue, Stanley John, Stanley Blue
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Sociology and Food Consumption

British Food Journal, 1989
The important links between sociology, anthropology and the food industry are discussed in some detail. Lifestyles have seen many changes over the post‐war years, and these are reflected in numerous ways in consumption habits. Academic sociology, it is concluded, has much to offer food researchers, and they will ignore this at their peril.
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Sociology of consumption, leisure, and lifestyle

open access: yes, 2023
This chapter provides an overview of the major social scientific strands of theorizing about consumption. We distinguish (1) the individualist tradition prevalent in social-psychological and economic approaches to consumption, but also in the more analytical realms of sociology, (2) the socio-cultural approach to consumption, strongly influenced by ...
Rössel, Jörg   +2 more
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The Sociology of Consumption: Its Recent Development

open access: yesAnnual Review of Sociology, 2015
This article examines the development of the sociology of consumption. It identifies three periods in its evolution: origins prior to the 1980s; the years between the 1980s and the mid-2000s under the influence of the cultural turn, and the subsequent ...
Alan Warde
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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]

open access: yes, 2013
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 ...
Prior, Nick; id_orcid
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Toward a Sociology of Consumption

Journal of Consumer Research, 1976
The study of some psychological processes has become the main focus of consumer research; consequently, there has been a tendency to overlook the societal context in which consumers operate. The Authors focus on several characteristics of societies which affect individual consumers, and suggest new research directions which delineate the domain of a ...
Nicosia, Francesco M, Mayer, Robert N
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Consumption, sociology of

Peter Oosterveer, Christine Overdevest
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