Leisure, Lifestyle and the New Middle Class

by Wynne,Derek

• ISBN13: 9780415038348
• ISBN10: 0415038340
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 1998-02-20
• Publisher: Routledge

Summary

In this valuable study, conducted within the theoretical context Pierre Bourdieu, Derek Wynne looks at how the "new middle class" of the late twentieth century goes about constructing and defending its social identity.

Table of Contents

List of figures	viii	(1)
List of tables	ix	(1)
Preface	x	(1)
Acknowledgements	xi
1 INTRODUCTION	1	(8)
2 LOCATING THE NEW MIDDLE CLASS	9	(22)
3 THE HEATH: SETTING AND STRUCTURE	31	(16)
4 THE SOCIAL SPACE OF MOBILITY	47	(22)
5 THE SOCIAL SPACE OF LIFESTYLES	69	(25)
6 THE SOCIAL SPACE OF GENDER	94	(27)
7 THE CLUBHOUSE	121	(22)
8 CONCLUSION	143	(10)
Appendix	153	(5)
Bibliography	158	(11)
Index	169