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Globalised minds, roots in the city : urban upper-middle classes in Europe
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ISBN: 9781444334845 9781444334852 1444334840 1444334859 Year: 2015 Publisher: Chichester, West Sussex Wiley Blackwell

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"Globalised Minds, Roots in the City utilises empirical evidence from four European cities to explore the role of urban upper middle classes in the transformations experienced by contemporary European societies. Presents new empirical evidence collected through an original comparative research about professionals and managers in four European cities in three countries Features an innovative combination of approaches, methods, and techniques in its analyses of European post-national societies Reveals how segments of Europe's urban population are adopting "exit" or "partial exit" strategies in respect to the nation state Utilises approaches from classic urban sociology, globalization and mobility studies, and spatial class analysis Includes in depth interviews, social networking techniques, and classic questions of political representation and values "-- "Presents new empirical evidence collected through an original comparative research about professionals and managers in four European cities in three countries"--


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In the realm of the senses : social aesthetics and the sensory dynamics of privilege
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ISBN: 9789812873507 981287349X 9789812873491 9812873503 Year: 2015 Publisher: Singapore : Springer,

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This book charts new territory both theoretically and methodologically. Drawing on MacDougall’s notion of social aesthetics, it explores the sensory dimensions of privilege through a global ethnography of elite schools. The various contributors to the volume draw on a range of theoretical perspectives from Lefebvre, Benjamin, Bourdieu, Appadurai, Kress and van Leeuwen to both broaden and critique MacDougall’s original concept. They argue that within these elite schools there is a relationship between their ‘complex sensory and aesthetic environments’ and the construction of privilege within and beyond the school gates. Understanding the importance of the visual to ethnography, the social aesthetics of these elite schools  are captured through the inclusion of a series of visual essays that complement the written accounts of the aesthetics of privilege. The collection also includes a series of vignettes that further explore the sensory dimension of these aesthetics:  touch, taste—though metaphorically understood— sight and sound. These varying formats illustrate the aesthetic nature of social relations and the various ways in which class permeates the senses. The images from across the different schools and their surroundings immerse the reader in these worlds and provide poignant ethnographic data of the forces of globalisation within the context of elite schooling.

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Education. --- Sociology of Education. --- Interdisciplinary Studies. --- Educational Philosophy. --- Education --- Humanities. --- Sciences humaines --- Philosophy. --- Philosophie --- Social Sciences --- Education, Special Topics --- Elite (Social sciences) --- Upper class. --- Upper class --- Social status. --- Power (Social sciences) --- Social structure. --- Social classes. --- Private schools. --- Aesthetics. --- Beautiful, The --- Beauty --- Esthetics --- Taste (Aesthetics) --- Academies (Private schools) --- Independent schools --- Class distinction --- Classes, Social --- Rank --- Organization, Social --- Social organization --- Empowerment (Social sciences) --- Political power --- Social standing --- Socio-economic status --- Socioeconomic status --- Standing, Social --- Status, Social --- Fashionable society --- High society --- Society, High --- Upper classes --- Elites (Social sciences) --- Educational sociology. --- Education and sociology. --- Sociology, Educational. --- Philosophy --- Art --- Criticism --- Literature --- Proportion --- Symmetry --- Schools --- Caste --- Estates (Social orders) --- Social status --- Class consciousness --- Classism --- Social stratification --- Anthropology --- Sociology --- Social institutions --- Exchange theory (Sociology) --- Political science --- Social sciences --- Consensus (Social sciences) --- Prestige --- Social classes --- Leadership --- Social groups --- Psychology --- Motion pictures-Asia. --- Asian Cinema and TV. --- Motion pictures—Asia. --- Aesthetics --- Social aspects. --- Radio broadcasting Aesthetics


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Of love and other passions : elites, politics, and family in Bogotá, Colombia, 1778-1870
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ISBN: 0826355862 9780826355867 9780826355850 0826355854 1336214546 Year: 2015 Publisher: Albuquerque : University of New Mexico Press,

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In Of Love and Other Passions Guiomar Dueñas-Vargas delves into the world of emotions among the bourgeois elite in Bogotá from the end of the colonial period to 1870.

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