"While growing older is inevitable, many of the troubles we associate with aging--including dementia, disability, and an increased dependence on others--are not. The choices we make now can help us to maintain a sharp mind, our vitality, and our independence as we age. Filled wi…
"As the first generation of gay men enters its autumn years, these men's responses to the physical and emotional tolls of aging promise to be as revolutionary as their advances in AIDS and civil rights activism. Older gay men's approaches to friendship, caregiving, romantic and …
"East Asian societies are changing rapidly, and one of the most important facets of this transformation is the ageing of society. 'Active ageing' is one of the few concepts available today to effectively address the problems arising from a highly-aged and, particularly in East A…
Researching Young People's Lives provides an overview of some of the key methodological challenges facing youth researchers and an introduction to the broad repertoire of methods used in youth-orientated research. The book is split into two sections. In the first half of the boo…
This title provides an overview of some of the key methodological challenges and the broad repertoire of methods used in youth-orientated research.
Pt. I. The tradition of lifestyles study -- pt. II. The tradition of subcultures study -- pt. III. Towards a new sociology of lifestyles. "Lifestyles and subcultures are tools through which people say - to themselves and to others - who they think they are, who they think they …
This volume, taking an international perspective, reconstructs the main interpretative models developed for the analysis of subcultures and lifestyles, and then proposes a new analytical model based on an intersection between these two research traditions" Lifestyles and subcul…
"This volume, taking an international perspective, reconstructs the main interpretative models developed for the analysis of subcultures and lifestyles, and then proposes a new analytical model based on an intersection between these two research traditions"-- "Lifestyles and su…
"This volume, taking an international perspective, reconstructs the main interpretative models developed for the analysis of subcultures and lifestyles, and then proposes a new analytical model based on an intersection between these two research traditions"-- "Lifestyles and su…
Over a period of six years, at factory and warehouse, at the tavern across the road, in their homes and union meetings, on fishing trips and social outings, David Halle talked and listened to workers of an automated chemical plant in New Jersey's industrial heartland. He has eme…
"In today's world, the leisure class has been replaced by a new elite. Highly educated and defined by cultural capital rather than income bracket, these individuals earnestly buy organic, carry NPR tote bags, and breast-feed their babies. They care about discreet, inconspicuous …
In today's world, the leisure class has been replaced by a new elite. Highly educated and defined by cultural capital rather than income bracket, these individuals earnestly buy organic, carry canvas tote bags, and breast-feed their babies. They care about discreet, inconspicuou…
Illustrates how cultural capital leads to lifestyle shifts and what this forecasts, not just for the aspirational class but for everyone
" In today's world, the leisure class has been replaced by a new elite. Highly educated and defined by cultural capital rather than income bracket, these individuals earnestly buy organic, carry NPR tote bags, and breast-feed their babies. They care about discreet, inconspicuous…
