Life Styles

Author : David Chaney
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1134817355
Total Pages : 207 pages
Book Rating : 4.51/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Lifestyles written by David Chaney and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2012-12-06 with total page 207 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In the modern world our lifestyle helps to define our attitudes and values as well as show our wealth and social position. This clearly written introduction to the concept of lifestyle offers a concise guide to how the term is used in sociological accounts to refer to this modern social form. Lifestyles explores * how we should classify lifestyles * why they have become more important * what precisely constitutes a lifestyle. By reviewing a wide range of published material, introducing central themes in the sociology of modern life, examining distinctive styles in social theory and offering its own original contribution to current debates, Lifestyles provides students with a much needed overview of this often misused term.

Author : Emily Roberson
Publisher : Farrar, Straus and Giroux (BYR)
ISBN 13 : 0374310637
Total Pages : 256 pages
Book Rating : 4.39/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Lifestyles of Gods and Monsters written by Emily Roberson and published by Farrar, Straus and Giroux (BYR). This book was released on 2019-10-22 with total page 256 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Greek mythology meets the Kardashians in Emily Roberson's Lifestyles of Gods and Monsters, a fresh, fast-paced debut young adult novel about celebrity culture, family dynamics, and finding love amidst it all. Sixteen-year-old Ariadne’s whole life is curated and shared with the world. Her royal family’s entertainment empire is beloved by the tabloids, all over social media, and the hottest thing on television. The biggest moneymaker? The Labyrinth Contest, a TV extravaganza in which Ariadne leads fourteen teens into a maze to kill a monster. To win means endless glory; to lose means death. In ten seasons, no one has ever won. When the gorgeous, mysterious Theseus arrives at the competition and asks Ariadne to help him to victory, she doesn’t expect to fall for him. He might be acting interested in her just to boost ratings. Their chemistry is undeniable, though, and she can help him survive. If he wins, the contest would end for good. But if she helps him, she doesn’t just endanger her family’s empire—the monster would have to die. And for Ariadne, his life might be the only one worth saving. Ariadne’s every move is watched by the public and predestined by the gods, so how can she find a way to forge her own destiny and save the people she loves?

Author : Dieter Bögenhold
Publisher : Springer
ISBN 13 : 3030062031
Total Pages : 130 pages
Book Rating : 4.33/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Consumption and Life-Styles written by Dieter Bögenhold and published by Springer. This book was released on 2018-12-31 with total page 130 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book takes an interdisciplinary approach to the world of consumption, covering different topics and including sociological, economic and marketing aspects. The term ‘consumption’ is vague and even in academic disciplines the term is used in a variety of ways. Consumption research asks how earnings and spending are related to each other. More generally, consumption research investigates how people, social classes or societies realize their consumption practices. The question of how consistent preference structures are due to changing empirical backgrounds of time, space and related culture is frequently asked. Which context variables (historical time, geographical framework, cultural background) specify the practice of consumption and in which way do attributes such as age, gender, class, occupation and life-style have their own impacts on the way in which consumption is realised? This book will be of interest to researchers working in economics, sociology, marketing, aesthetics and design, anthropology and communication studies.

Author : Sandra Kaji-O'Grady
Publisher : MIT Press
ISBN 13 : 0262349752
Total Pages : 300 pages
Book Rating : 4.58/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Laboratory Lifestyles written by Sandra Kaji-O'Grady and published by MIT Press. This book was released on 2019-02-05 with total page 300 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A generously illustrated examination of the boom in luxurious, resort-style scientific laboratories and how this affects scientists' work. The past decade has seen an extraordinary laboratory-building boom. This new crop of laboratories features spectacular architecture and resort-like amenities. The buildings sprawl luxuriously on verdant campuses or sit sleekly in expensive urban neighborhoods. Designed to attract venture capital, generous philanthropy, and star scientists, these laboratories are meant to create the ideal conditions for scientific discovery. Yet there is little empirical evidence that shows if they do. Laboratory Lifestyles examines this new species of scientific laboratory from architectural, economic, social, and scientific perspectives. Generously illustrated with photographs of laboratories and scientists at work in them, the book investigates how “lifestyle science” affects actual science. Are scientists working when they stretch in a yoga class, play volleyball in the company tournament, chat in an on-site café, or show off their facilities to visiting pharmaceutical executives? The book describes, among other things, the role of beanbag chairs in the construction of science at Xerox PARC; the Southern California vibe of the RAND Corporation (Malibu), General Atomic (La Jolla), and Hughes Research Laboratories (Malibu); and Biosphere 2's “bionauts” as both scientists and scientific subjects; and interstellar laboratories. Laboratory Lifestyles (the title is an allusion to Bruno Latour and Steve Woolgar's influential Laboratory Life) documents a shift in what constitutes scientific practice; these laboratories and their lifestyles are as experimental as the science they cultivate. Contributors Kathleen Brandt, Russell Hughes, Tim Ivison, Sandra Kaji-O'Grady, Stuart W. Leslie, Brian Lonsway, Sean O'Halloran, Simon Sadler, Chris L. Smith, Nicole Sully, Ksenia Tatarchenko, William Taylor, Julia Tcharfas, Albena Yaneva, Stelios Zavos

Author : Takashi Inoguchi
Publisher : Siglo XXI
ISBN 13 : 9682325641
Total Pages : 522 pages
Book Rating : 4.49/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Values and Life Styles in Urban Asia written by Takashi Inoguchi and published by Siglo XXI. This book was released on 2005 with total page 522 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book gives insights into the basic values and life styles of peoples of ten societies in East, Southeast, South and Central Asia. Based on data from AsiaBarometer public surveys of 2003, it examines human values and life styles of peoples in Urban Asia. It presents country profile and comparative analysis by well-informed scholars, reports of the entire questionnaires (both standard common English language questionnaire and local language questionnaires), the whole comparable tabulated figures by society, the sampling methods and sizes and fieldwork in ten societies.

Author : Peter York
Publisher : Chronicle Books
ISBN 13 : 9780811853149
Total Pages : 144 pages
Book Rating : 4.44/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Dictator Style written by Peter York and published by Chronicle Books. This book was released on 2006-05-04 with total page 144 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Originally published: Great Britain: Atlantic Books, 2005.

Author : K. V. Sundaram
Publisher : Northern Book Centre
ISBN 13 : 9788172111380
Total Pages : 236 pages
Book Rating : 4.8X/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Sustainable Development and Sustainable Life Styles written by K. V. Sundaram and published by Northern Book Centre. This book was released on 2003 with total page 236 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Presents the current status of India's development in terms of environmental health & human development. The underlying theme is how to achieve sustainable development in the present millennium. The book not only provides a comprehensive analysis of our environmental problems, but also many concrete suggestions for practical and innovative solutions. It contributes to development that is economically desirable, socially equitable and environmentally sustainable.

Author : Ray D. Strand
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9780974730844
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.4X/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Healthy for Life written by Ray D. Strand and published by . This book was released on 2005 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Provides advice on using the glycemic index to develop healthy eating habits, lower blood pressure, decrease the risk of heart disease and diabetes, and lose weight.

Author : Amber Lewis
Publisher : Clarkson Potter
ISBN 13 : 1984823914
Total Pages : 290 pages
Book Rating : 4.15/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Made for Living written by Amber Lewis and published by Clarkson Potter. This book was released on 2020-10-27 with total page 290 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: NATIONAL BESTSELLER • The trendsetting designer known for her effortless style shares the secrets of the art of layering, with more than 250 gorgeous photographs of her signature interiors. “Livability is my true north. The materials I use time and again all change with age and wear. Not only is that okay, it’s how you achieve more than a re-creation of what you’ve already seen, or what somebody else has done. You can do this, too—I promise.”—from the introduction Designing a room with all the vibes comes down to how you layer your décor. The more you can mix the elements of your room—your pillows, objects, patterns, and lighting—the more finished it’ll feel: not too new, not too old, but just right. Known for her eclectic approach that stems from her California cool, Amber Lewis trains your eye in Made for Living, offering friendly advice on everything from nailing that perfect shade of paint to mismatching patterns with wild abandon to choosing a stone finish for new countertops. These pages will help you design a home that's made to be lived in.

Author : Luigi Berzano
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1317434048
Total Pages : 232 pages
Book Rating : 4.47/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Lifestyles and Subcultures written by Luigi Berzano and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2015-05-22 with total page 232 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Lifestyles and subcultures are tools through which people say – to themselves and to others – who they think they are, who they think they are similar to, and who they think they are different from. Lifestyles and subcultures are ways which people adopt to look at their own lives, and to try to keep together different roles, different practices and different realms which they are involved in. Lifestyles and subcultures are lenses through which we, as observers, analyze society, and orientate ourselves within it, looking for similarities and differences among individuals and collectivities which allow us to understand their thoughts and their actions. This book presents the main analytical approaches through which lifestyles and subcultures have been studied, and also proposes a new interpretative perspective. Today a growing panorama of social phenomena and processes possess intermediate characteristics with regard to those which in the past were identified either as lifestyles or as subcultures. The hypothesis is that consequently these phenomena could be explained and interpreted by means of an analytical framework developed by the intersection of these two perspectives, and the last part of the book is therefore devoted to the presentation of this innovative framework. This book provides new lenses and a fresh view to try to both grasp and understand a constantly-changing reality.