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O site Jovem Nerd se transformou em porta-voz do estilo de vida nerd no Brasil. Sua influência no consumo e comportamento destes jovens comprova a sedimentação deste estilo de vida e nicho de mercado. Este artigo faz parte de uma pesquisa... more
Since 1991, India is emerging as a key destination for marketers from across the globe. However, littlework of relevance has been undertaken to understand the Indian Consumers. It is believed that the Indian metropolitan consumers are... more
We address a largely neglected issue in contemporary research on cultural class divisions: economic capital and its associated lifestyles and symbolic expressions. Using qualitative interviews, we explore how adolescents from wealthy... more
The paper focuses on celebrity chefs in Poland as a relatively new phenomenon. In the first part of the paper a synthetic review of the discussion about celebrity chefs in global foodscapes is given. In the second part an analysis of... more
Following the launch of her #1 New York Times bestselling cookbook, Magnolia Table, and seeing her family’s own sacred dishes being served at other families’ tables across the country, Joanna Gaines gained a deeper commitment to the value... more
Being a young adult, at the most effective of times, can be a little bit of a roller coaster ride. There are differs hormonal agents that are running wild in the body. At this time in your life you need to make crucial decisions that... more
This thesis examines the search for self in the context of lifestyle travellers. It has been suggested that maintaining a coherent sense of self has become problematic in late modernity as the socially constructed notion of a ‘true self’... more
Although the concept of lifestyle is gaining speed as a theoretical tool in the social sciences, it has not yet been used as a level of social analysis within the field of tourism. This presentation uses theory on lifestyle to... more
Since 1991, India is emerging as a key destination for marketers from across the globe. However, littlework of relevance has been undertaken to understand the Indian Consumers. It is believed that the Indian metropolitan consumers are... more
Just few of the Hipster core values are creativity, nonconformism, ethical progressive eco-politics and local business supporting. In spite of it, the phenomenon is meant in its pejorative meaning amongst the public opinion. Even if the... more
By drawing on visual data ranging from printed advertisements to digital photography, this book provides a fine-grained social semiotic analysis of a full range of visual texts in terms of specified periods, offering a complex... more
This is an NSF (National Science Foundation) whitepaper that was part of a call for papers to help prioritize future research.
Some of this later published in "The Dilemma of Equality and Diversity" (see other article above).
Some of this later published in "The Dilemma of Equality and Diversity" (see other article above).
Beauty salon business is fast growing in line with the economic growth and changes in modern lifestyle. In such a situation, whereby market potential also rapidly advances, low lifetime sustainability of beauty salon industry prevails.... more
Searching for and selling real estate in Australia and worldwide changed this century with the proliferation of web and mobile platforms for real estate, now often known as Realtech. These platforms offer enticing images of homes as... more
This article examines the growing entanglements between the digital and the world of food while suggesting that food is a particularly generative space through which to understand the evolving but often hidden role of the digital in... more
An introduction to the problem of greenwashing, this presentation was given in March 2015 at the Eastern Sociological Society's Annual Conference in Boston, MA. It seeks to answer 5 questions: 1. What is greenwashing? 2. How do we... more
A ‘rites of passage’ movie set in the USSR of the 1950s, Valery Todorovsky’s film Stilyagi (2008) tells the story of the transformation of the hero Mels from loyal member of the Komsomol to stilyaga. For many critics, Todorovsky’s... more
Permaculture presents a powerful critique of the neo-liberal world order, and its techniques may support self-sufficiency and practical sovereignty. Nevertheless, two factors limit its radical potential: its practical flexibility, and the... more
This Master's thesis investigates recently emerging spatial cultures that seek to re-make vacant spaces in post-growth Tokyo as sites of alternative social relations. The burst of the economic bubble in the early 1990s and population... more
Contemporary yoga is popularly represented in various media by a fit, white woman. Yoga Journal is a magazine recognized by many as an industry cornerstone and an institution in and of itself. It represents the distinctive face of yoga.... more
"Scholarship on backpackers speculates some individuals may extend backpacking to a way of life. This article empirically explores this proposition using lifestyle consumption as its framing concept and conceptualises individuals who... more
Transatlantisch importierte Populärkultur, in erster Linie solche, die vom Establishment aller Arten bekämpft wurde, spielte eine hilfreiche Rolle bei Prozessen der Demokratisierung in den Nachkriegsjahrzehnten. Das lag nicht an... more
To break away from techno-institutional lock-in in climate change and in other sustainability problems, many have focused on innovation in technological 'niches'. The destabilisation of the incumbent 'regime' has been neglected and... more
Recommendations presented to a Directors’ Dialogue on ESG Strategy for the Board on the theme of turning rhetoric into reality in a VUCA world with international participation and organized by India’s Institute of Directors. ESG... more
Scadenza: 18 luglio 2022. Il convegno mira a esplorare l'ipotesi generale del progetto PRIN Transatlantic Transfers: The Italian Presence in Post-war America, secondo cui l'impatto del cosiddetto Italian style – cioè uno stile moderno,... more
L'oreal Brand, value proposition, Positing statement, Brand personality, Brand Prism, Competing brands, market share,key players.
The main purpose of this book is the sociological questioning of the Lisbon city continuous population decrease. The presented thesis, sustains that one of the major dynamics transforming, in the last decades, the Lisbon city-region, and... more
This book addresses the challenge posed by J.K. Galbraith over fifty years ago to make a constructive contribution to a different style of economic analysis - the economics of abundance. It identifies a system of abundance inhabited by... more