Lifestyle and Social Structure: Concepts, Definitions, AnalysesLifestyle and Social Structure: Concepts, Definitions, Analyses is devoted the relationship between lifestyle and social structure. The book begins by constructing a meaningful concept of lifestyle in order to understand and model this relationship. The general formulation of the concept hinges on the descriptive word style, defined as """"any distinctive, and therefore recognizable way in which an act is performed or an artifact made or ought to be performed and made."""" After developing the implications of the definition, lifestyle is defined, by analogy, as """"any distinctive, and theref. |
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Lifestyle and Social Structure: Concepts, Definitions, Analyses Michael E. Sobel Limited preview - 2013 |
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