Lifestyle
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 7076760 |
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| Authors | Patricia Thille (0000-0003-1961-9818, University of Manitoba), C Mayes (0000-0003-2674-6225, Deakin University) |
| Year | 2019 |
| Pages | 1-2 |
| Publication date | 2019-11-19 |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | OTHER |
| Venue | The Blackwell Encyclopedia of Sociology (JOURNAL) |
| Publisher | Wiley (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1002/9781405165518.wbeosl049.pub2 |
| OpenAlex | W4251551737 |
| ISBN | 9781405165518 |
| Language | EN |
| References cited | 6 |
Lifestyle has been of interest to sociologists since the emergence of consumer capitalism in the mid‐nineteenth century. The mass production and distribution of consumer goods, increased speed of transportation and communication, and fragmenting of traditional sources of authority and social cohesion contributed to the conditions that enabled individuals to style their life to reflect a particular identity and social status. Sociologists such as Max Weber (1864–1920), Thorstein Veblen (1857–1929), and Georg Simmel (1858–1918) were central to initial analyses of the social and economic changes that gave rise to practices of self‐formation and the styling of life. Lifestyle endures as a sociological topic of study, including sociological analyses of new practices of styling life, countercultures, and how other fields (e.g., healthcare, sport) engage with the concept
Aesthetics · Art · Capitalism · Cohesion (chemistry · Consumerism · Economics · Identity (music · Life style · Neoclassical economics · Political science · Social science · Sociological theory · Sociology · Style (visual arts · Veblen good · Gender Studies · Law · Social and Cultural Dynamics
| Highly cited | No |
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