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THE POWER OF LIFE STYLE

Loisir et Société / Society and Leisure, 1987
ABSTRACT The paper presents a theoretical frame to approach life style as a means that actively contributes to the structuration of social inequality. Life style is viewed as a totality of symbols that do not reflect, but rather construct the social identity of the actors in social interaction and that can create a sense of community between them.
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The Differentiation of Life-Styles [PDF]

open access: possibleAnnual Review of Sociology, 1976
This paper is an attempt to review recent literature on traditional and contemporary life-styles in the light of the cultural differentiation of tastes and preferences. We start with the assumption that tastes are neither completely determined by economic status, as was implied by Marx, nor totally individualized.
and B D Zablocki, Rosabeth Moss Kanter
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Seabird Life Styles [PDF]

open access: possible, 1987
‘Seabird’ is a rather loose term traditionally used to cover those birds which obtain at least part of their food from the sea, not simply by wading into it as do shorebirds, but by travelling some distance over its surface; in addition, they typically breed on offshore islands or coastal areas.
R. W. Furness, P. Monaghan
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Androgyny as a Life Style

The Family Coordinator, 1972
The present paper discusses androgyny, or a society with no sex role differentiation, as a life style. It is the opinion of the authors that such a style offers a viable option for many individuals in the near future. Traditional sex role socialization, and the results of such socialization, have been discussed.
Howard J. Osofsky, Joy D. Osofsky
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Styles of Life

1978
We have now the abstract apparatus to account for that feature of sets of values which we called their style. For sets of values may be unified by their thematic structure, the simplest case being that in which all the appetita convey the same thema.
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Leisure and Life-Style

American Journal of Sociology, 1959
The Kansas City Study of Adult Life, studying the social role peformance of people age forty to seventy, gaven ratings of performance on various social roles. When leisure activity was related to the pattern of social role performance (called "life-style"), four general life-style were found: community-centered, home-centered high, home-centered medium,
Robert J. Havighurst, Kenneth Feigenbaum
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Life philosophy and Life style

Social Indicators Research, 1984
Two categories of values are distinguished by their psychological functions. Life philosophy values secure a person's sense of personal identity; they are held regardless of what anyone else thinks of his value choice. Life style values secure a person's sense of social identity; they are held precisely because of what others think of his value choice.
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Life skills and life styles

Industrial and Commercial Training, 1974
The geographic, economic and social mobility of people today requires that many must be able to adapt or adopt various life styles in accordance with their surroundings and integrity. Today, many people need to be multi‐cultural so they can succeed and survive in ethnic, commercial and other milieux in rapid sequence, often each day.
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Styles of life and death

Nutrition Bulletin, 1987
SummaryDifferent countries show remarkably varied rates of death from coronary heart disease and other chronic diseases. Among developed communities, however, life expectancy is remarkably similar. This article addresses the proposition that diet has a determining influence on coronary heart disease (CHD) death rates and ipso facto on total mortality ...
Marnie Sommerville, R. C. Cottrell
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Leisure life-styles

Regional Studies, 1981
Glyptis S. A. (1981) Leisure life-styles, Reg. Studies 15, 311–326. This paper examines the life-styles and leisure activity patterns of a sample (595) of countryside visitors in the Hull area. Details of individuals' activities, use of time, companions and perception of pursuits as “work” or “leisure” were obtained from time budget diaries.
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