Social Division

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Stigma And Accommodation To Consumption Loss

Stigma is a known impediment to identity expression and identity work (Goffman, 1963; Snow and Anderson, 1987). By examining four discontinued television (TV) series varying in cultural stigma Read More »

Date: 2013
Author: Hope Jensen Schau, Cristel Antonia Russell
Contributor: eb™ Research Team
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Viewing The Creation And Reproduction Of Racial Stratification Through Consumption: Life Histories

This research documents the racial stratification that occurs in the marketplace of America as consumer culture attains dominance in the mid-twentieth century. The history of consumer culture in the Read More »

Date: 2013
Author: David Crockett
Contributor: eb™ Research Team
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Effects Of Geographic And Religious Stratification And Modernity In The Arab Gulf

Stratification in Qatar and UAE occurs both within these nations and between these nations as well as between the countries of origin of its non-citizen residents who make up 80 to 85 percent of Read More »

Date: 2013
Author: Russell Belk, Rana Sobh
Contributor: eb™ Research Team
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Social Stratification And The Materialism Label: The Retention Of Racial Inequities Between Black

We begin from the observation that, in English-speaking societies, “materialistic” is an epithet. The moral polarity that results – materialism (sin) versus spirituality (virtue) – is clearly Read More »

Date: 2013
Author: Laurel Steinfield, Linda Scott
Contributor: eb™ Research Team
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Moral Identity And Competition In A Working Class Neighborhood

An enduring finding in consumption communities and socio logical research is that consumers socially stratify themselves (Veblen 1994/1899). Bourdieu (1977, 1984) theorizes society as made up of Read More »

Date: 2013
Author: Bige Saatcioglu, Julie L. Ozanne
Contributor: eb™ Research Team
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