Multi-disciplinary studies of consumption have proliferated in the last two decades. Heavily
influenced by notions of 'the consumer'and tenets of 'the cultural turn', explanations have …

This article considers the potential of a revival of interest in theories of practice for the study
of consumption. It presents an abridged account of the basic precepts of a theory of practice …

In the context of continuing debate in social theory and philosophy about the structure-
agency problematic, recent years have seen scholars (re) turn to this theoretical complexity …

ANY DIAGNOSES of our “postmodern condition” hinge upon debates about consumption:
has consumption replaced production as the key to the intelligibility of our present; did the …

The 'turn'to practice in social theory is proving influential in the sociological study of
consumption (following Warde, 2005). This article joins current debates that appraise the …

This chapter describes how the application of current popular theoretical interest in the
concept of practice has affected the study of consumption. Reckwitz located theories of …

This short article introduces the Special Issue 'Renewing Theories of Practice and
Reappraising the Cultural'. We first discuss the 'practice turn'in the sociology of consumption …

A number of concepts and concerns from cultural sociology were thrown out as babies with
the bathwater when the sociological study of consumption became dominated by the use of …

Front Cover During the past fifteen years we have seen an exponentially grown interest in
consumption and consumerism not only in social sciences, but also in arts and humanities …

This book arose from dismay about shifting fashions in sociology. A decade or more of
analysis, founded in political economy and developing a materialist perspective on social …