Inside toyland [[electronic resource] ] : working, shopping, and social inequality / / Christine L. Williams |
Autore | Williams Christine L. <1959-> |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Berkeley, Calif., : University of California Press, c2006 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (265 p.) |
Disciplina | 381/.4568872/0973 |
Soggetto topico |
Toy industry - United States - Employees
Clerks (Retail trade) - United States Discrimination in employment - United States Consumers - United States Equality - United States |
Soggetto non controllato |
american economics
behavioral studies box outlet stores class issues consumer behavior consumer culture gender issues labor laws low wage jobs national chain stores nonfiction race issues racial dynamics retail industry retail work shopping mall culture shopping politics social hierarchies social impacts social inequality social justice social sciences sociologists sociology toy shopping toy stores union members upscale shops |
ISBN |
1-282-77203-1
9786612772030 0-520-93949-2 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa ![]() |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | Front matter -- CONTENTS -- ACKNOWLEDGMENTS -- 1. A SOCIOLOGIST INSIDE TOY STORES -- 2. HISTORY OF TOY SHOPPING IN AMERICA -- 3. THE SOCIAL ORGANIZATION OF TOY STORES -- 4. INEQUALITY ON THE SHOPPING FLOOR -- 5. KIDS IN TOYLAND -- 6. TOYS AND CITIZENSHIP -- NOTES -- REFERENCES -- INDEX |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910789000403321 |
Williams Christine L. <1959->
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Inside toyland [[electronic resource] ] : working, shopping, and social inequality / / Christine L. Williams |
Autore | Williams Christine L. <1959-> |
Edizione | [1st ed.] |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Berkeley, Calif., : University of California Press, c2006 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (265 p.) |
Disciplina | 381/.4568872/0973 |
Soggetto topico |
Toy industry - United States - Employees
Clerks (Retail trade) - United States Discrimination in employment - United States Consumers - United States Equality - United States |
Soggetto non controllato |
american economics
behavioral studies box outlet stores class issues consumer behavior consumer culture gender issues labor laws low wage jobs national chain stores nonfiction race issues racial dynamics retail industry retail work shopping mall culture shopping politics social hierarchies social impacts social inequality social justice social sciences sociologists sociology toy shopping toy stores union members upscale shops |
ISBN |
1-282-77203-1
9786612772030 0-520-93949-2 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa ![]() |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | Front matter -- CONTENTS -- ACKNOWLEDGMENTS -- 1. A SOCIOLOGIST INSIDE TOY STORES -- 2. HISTORY OF TOY SHOPPING IN AMERICA -- 3. THE SOCIAL ORGANIZATION OF TOY STORES -- 4. INEQUALITY ON THE SHOPPING FLOOR -- 5. KIDS IN TOYLAND -- 6. TOYS AND CITIZENSHIP -- NOTES -- REFERENCES -- INDEX |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910827836203321 |
Williams Christine L. <1959->
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The odyssey experience [[electronic resource] ] : physical, social, psychological, and spiritual journeys / / Neil J. Smelser |
Autore | Smelser Neil J |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Berkeley, : University of California Press, c2009 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (287 p.) |
Disciplina |
153.4
155.9 |
Soggetto topico |
Insight
Introspection Life change events Vision quests Pilgrims and pilgrimages Voyages and travels |
Soggetto non controllato |
behavioral studies
comparative studies engaging human behavior human condition human experiences human tendencies intense period of life life changes life journeys life lessons nonfiction odyssey personal growth personal transformation physical journeys psychological journeys quest for meaning regeneration religion and spirituality scientists self help social relationships spiritual journeys spiritual |
ISBN |
1-282-77254-6
9786612772542 0-520-94342-2 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa ![]() |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | Front matter -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Preface -- 1. The Essentials of the Experience -- 2. Autobiographical Roots: Some Personal Odysseys -- 3. Religious Foundations and Their Derivatives -- 4. Secularized and Commercialized Odysseys -- 5. Some Miscellaneous, More or Less Invented Experiences -- 6. Some Coercive Odyssey Experiences -- 7. Additional Theoretical Reflections -- References -- Index |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910789001103321 |
Smelser Neil J
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Berkeley, : University of California Press, c2009 | ||
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The odyssey experience [[electronic resource] ] : physical, social, psychological, and spiritual journeys / / Neil J. Smelser |
Autore | Smelser Neil J |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Berkeley, : University of California Press, c2009 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (287 p.) |
Disciplina |
153.4
155.9 |
Soggetto topico |
Insight
Introspection Life change events Vision quests Pilgrims and pilgrimages Voyages and travels |
Soggetto non controllato |
behavioral studies
comparative studies engaging human behavior human condition human experiences human tendencies intense period of life life changes life journeys life lessons nonfiction odyssey personal growth personal transformation physical journeys psychological journeys quest for meaning regeneration religion and spirituality scientists self help social relationships spiritual journeys spiritual |
ISBN |
1-282-77254-6
9786612772542 0-520-94342-2 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa ![]() |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | Front matter -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Preface -- 1. The Essentials of the Experience -- 2. Autobiographical Roots: Some Personal Odysseys -- 3. Religious Foundations and Their Derivatives -- 4. Secularized and Commercialized Odysseys -- 5. Some Miscellaneous, More or Less Invented Experiences -- 6. Some Coercive Odyssey Experiences -- 7. Additional Theoretical Reflections -- References -- Index |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910827283403321 |
Smelser Neil J
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Berkeley, : University of California Press, c2009 | ||
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Recreating Japanese men / / edited by Sabine Frühstück and Anne Walthall |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Berkeley, CA : , : University of California Press, , [2011] |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (ix, 347 pages) : illustrations |
Disciplina | 305.38/895600903 |
Collana | Asia: Local Studies / Global Themes |
Soggetto topico |
Men - Japan - Identity
Masculinity - Japan Men - Japan Sex role - Japan Gender & Ethnic Studies Social Sciences Gender Studies & Sexuality |
Soggetto non controllato |
anthropologists
anthropology asia scholars asian studies behavioral studies contemporary japan cultural historians early modern japan essay collection geeks gender identity gender roles gender studies generational hermaphrodites historians historical japan japanese culture japanese history japanese men japanese society manhood masculinity mens issues mens roles nonfiction essays samurai shoguns social science sociologists traditional roles |
ISBN |
1-283-27850-2
9786613278500 0-520-95032-1 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa ![]() |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | Introduction. Interrogating Men and Masculinities -- Do Guns Have Gender? Technology and Status in Early Modern Japan -- Name and Honor. A Merchant's Seventeenth-Century Memoir -- Empowering the Would-be Warrior Bushidō and the Gendered Bodies of the Japanese Nation -- After Heroism. Must Real Soldiers Die? -- Perpetual Dependency. The Life Course of Male Workers in a Merchant House -- Losing the Union Man. Class and Gender in the Postwar Labor Movement -- Where Have All the Salarymen Gone? Masculinity, Masochism, and Technomobility in Densha Otoko -- Failed Manhood on the Streets of Urban Japan. The Meanings of Self-Reliance for Homeless Men -- Collective Maturation. The Construction of Masculinity in Early Modern Villages -- Climbing Walls. Dismantling Hegemonic Masculinity in a Japanese Sport Subculture -- Not Suitable as a Man? Conscription, Masculinity, and Hermaphroditism in Early Twentieth-Century Japan -- Love Revolution. Anime, Masculinity, and the Future -- Gendering Robots. Posthuman Traditionalism in Japan. |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910781759703321 |
Berkeley, CA : , : University of California Press, , [2011] | ||
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Recreating Japanese men / / edited by Sabine Frühstück and Anne Walthall |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Berkeley, CA : , : University of California Press, , [2011] |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (ix, 347 pages) : illustrations |
Disciplina | 305.38/895600903 |
Collana | Asia: Local Studies / Global Themes |
Soggetto topico |
Men - Japan - Identity
Masculinity - Japan Men - Japan Sex role - Japan Gender & Ethnic Studies Social Sciences Gender Studies & Sexuality |
Soggetto non controllato |
anthropologists
anthropology asia scholars asian studies behavioral studies contemporary japan cultural historians early modern japan essay collection geeks gender identity gender roles gender studies generational hermaphrodites historians historical japan japanese culture japanese history japanese men japanese society manhood masculinity mens issues mens roles nonfiction essays samurai shoguns social science sociologists traditional roles |
ISBN |
1-283-27850-2
9786613278500 0-520-95032-1 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa ![]() |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | Introduction. Interrogating Men and Masculinities -- Do Guns Have Gender? Technology and Status in Early Modern Japan -- Name and Honor. A Merchant's Seventeenth-Century Memoir -- Empowering the Would-be Warrior Bushidō and the Gendered Bodies of the Japanese Nation -- After Heroism. Must Real Soldiers Die? -- Perpetual Dependency. The Life Course of Male Workers in a Merchant House -- Losing the Union Man. Class and Gender in the Postwar Labor Movement -- Where Have All the Salarymen Gone? Masculinity, Masochism, and Technomobility in Densha Otoko -- Failed Manhood on the Streets of Urban Japan. The Meanings of Self-Reliance for Homeless Men -- Collective Maturation. The Construction of Masculinity in Early Modern Villages -- Climbing Walls. Dismantling Hegemonic Masculinity in a Japanese Sport Subculture -- Not Suitable as a Man? Conscription, Masculinity, and Hermaphroditism in Early Twentieth-Century Japan -- Love Revolution. Anime, Masculinity, and the Future -- Gendering Robots. Posthuman Traditionalism in Japan. |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910823421403321 |
Berkeley, CA : , : University of California Press, , [2011] | ||
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