Expressions of High Status

A Comparative Synthesis

AvJean-Pascal Daloz

Inbunden, Engelska, 2022

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In two previous theoretical volumes on the topic (The Sociology of Elite Distinction and Rethinking Social Distinction) welcomed as major breakthroughs, Jean-Pascal Daloz has established himself as the foremost scholar of symbolic social superiority from a comparative perspective.

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Utgivningsdatum:2022-09-02
Mått:148 x 210 x 25 mm
Vikt:598 g
Format:Inbunden
Språk:Engelska
Antal sidor:357
Förlag:Springer International Publishing AG
ISBN:9783031054006
Originaltitel:Expressions de Supériorité : Petite Encyclopédie des Distinctions élitistes

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Jean-Pascal Daloz is a CNRS Research Professor at the University of Strasbourg and Faculty Fellow at the Yale Center for Cultural Sociology. He previously held positions in several universities, including that of Oxford. From 2008–2018, he chaired the International Sociological Association’s Research Committee on Comparative Sociology. He has published 16 books so far.

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“In many ways instructive, it will introduce readers to the diverse, sometimes obscure, unlikely, contrary and contradictory, means by which status orders are governed and stabilised.” (Alan Warde, Consumption and Society, Vol. 3 (2), 2024)

Innehållsförteckning

1 Introduction.- Part I External Signs.- 2 Adornments.- 3 Residences.- 4 Vehicles.- 5 Food.- 6 Burials.- Part II Embodied Signs.- 7 Self-Confidence and Assertiveness.- 8 Physical Appearance.- 9 Distinguished Manners.- 10 Cultivation and Linguistic Competence.- Part III Vicarious Display.- 11 Relatives and Glamorous (Fe)male Company.- 12 Flaunting Connections.- 13 Servants.- 14 Artists.- 15 Animals.- Part IV Status-Related Interactions.- 16 Telling Bodily Attitudes.- 17 Precedence.- 18 Gift Exchange.- 19 Conclusion.- Bibliography.