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Leisure, lifestyle, and the new middle class : a case study
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Leisure, lifestyle, and the new middle class : a case study

Author: Derek Wynne
Publisher: London ; New York : Routledge, 1998.
Series: International library of sociology.
Edition/Format:   Book : EnglishView all editions and formats
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Who are the new middle class and how do they live? Conducted within the theoretical context associated with the work of Pierre Bourdieu, Derek Wynne looks at how the new middle class goes about constructing and defending its social identity. Through the study of residents living on a recently constructed housing estate, 'The Heath', which contains its own private leisure and sports facilities, he considers the  Read more...
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Document Type: Book
All Authors / Contributors: Derek Wynne
ISBN: 0415038340 9780415038348
OCLC Number: 36994536
Description: xi, 172 p. : ill. ; 23 cm.
Contents: 1. Introduction 2. Locating the New Middle Class 3. The Heath: Setting and Structure 4. The Social Space of Mobility 5. The Social Space of Lifestyles 6. The Social Space of Gender 7. The Clubhouse 8. Conclusion.
Series Title: International library of sociology.
Responsibility: Derek Wynne.
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In this study, the author examines how the "new middle class" of the late 20th century goes about constructing and defending its social identity. Residents of a housing estate, with its own private  Read more...

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