{"id":17,"date":"2025-09-28T14:40:00","date_gmt":"2025-09-28T14:40:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/routledgelearning.com\/sociologyofeverydaylife\/?post_type=content&#038;p=17"},"modified":"2025-10-14T10:16:36","modified_gmt":"2025-10-14T10:16:36","slug":"students","status":"publish","type":"content","link":"https:\/\/routledgelearning.com\/sociologyofeverydaylife\/students\/","title":{"rendered":"Students"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"wp-block-group alignfull has-global-padding is-layout-constrained wp-block-group-is-layout-constrained\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-group alignfull has-background has-global-padding is-layout-constrained wp-block-group-is-layout-constrained\" style=\"border-radius:10px;background-color:#ddeffb;padding-top:var(--wp--preset--spacing--70);padding-bottom:var(--wp--preset--spacing--70)\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-group alignwide has-global-padding is-layout-constrained wp-block-group-is-layout-constrained\" style=\"border-radius:10px\">\n<div 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style=\"padding-top:0;padding-right:0;padding-bottom:0;padding-left:0\"><h2 class=\"wp-block-post-title has-medium-font-size\"><a href=\"https:\/\/routledgelearning.com\/sociologyofeverydaylife\/students\/chapter-1\/\" target=\"_self\" >Chapter 1 \u2013 A Day in the Life of Your Jeans: Using Our Stuff to Discover Sociology<\/a><\/h2>\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-post-excerpt\"><p class=\"wp-block-post-excerpt__excerpt\">This introductory chapter uses the case study of jeans to introduce the concept of the sociological imagination. A sociological imagination&hellip; <\/p><\/div><\/div>\n\n<\/li><li class=\"wp-block-post post-175 content type-content status-publish hentry\">\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group has-global-padding is-layout-constrained wp-container-core-group-is-layout-639b5052 wp-block-group-is-layout-constrained\" style=\"padding-top:0;padding-right:0;padding-bottom:0;padding-left:0\"><h2 class=\"wp-block-post-title has-medium-font-size\"><a href=\"https:\/\/routledgelearning.com\/sociologyofeverydaylife\/students\/chapter-2\/\" target=\"_self\" >Chapter 2 \u2013 You are What You Eat: Culture, Norms, and Values<\/a><\/h2>\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-post-excerpt\"><p class=\"wp-block-post-excerpt__excerpt\">In every culture, people have to eat and drink to survive. Making food choices is particularly complex in contemporary consumer&hellip; <\/p><\/div><\/div>\n\n<\/li><li class=\"wp-block-post post-176 content type-content status-publish hentry\">\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group has-global-padding is-layout-constrained wp-container-core-group-is-layout-639b5052 wp-block-group-is-layout-constrained\" style=\"padding-top:0;padding-right:0;padding-bottom:0;padding-left:0\"><h2 class=\"wp-block-post-title has-medium-font-size\"><a href=\"https:\/\/routledgelearning.com\/sociologyofeverydaylife\/students\/chapter-3\/\" target=\"_self\" >Chapter 3 \u2013 Fast-Food Blues: Work in a Global Economy<\/a><\/h2>\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-post-excerpt\"><p class=\"wp-block-post-excerpt__excerpt\">In this chapter, we shift away from the perspective of the consumer to look at the people who work in&hellip; <\/p><\/div><\/div>\n\n<\/li><li class=\"wp-block-post post-177 content type-content status-publish hentry\">\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group has-global-padding is-layout-constrained wp-container-core-group-is-layout-639b5052 wp-block-group-is-layout-constrained\" style=\"padding-top:0;padding-right:0;padding-bottom:0;padding-left:0\"><h2 class=\"wp-block-post-title has-medium-font-size\"><a href=\"https:\/\/routledgelearning.com\/sociologyofeverydaylife\/students\/chapter-4\/\" target=\"_self\" >Chapter 4 \u2013 Coffee<\/a><\/h2>\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-post-excerpt\"><p class=\"wp-block-post-excerpt__excerpt\">This chapter explores how our consumer tastes connect to our social class. We discuss how visible and demonstrative consumption habits\u2014conspicuous&hellip; <\/p><\/div><\/div>\n\n<\/li><li class=\"wp-block-post post-178 content type-content status-publish hentry\">\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group has-global-padding is-layout-constrained wp-container-core-group-is-layout-639b5052 wp-block-group-is-layout-constrained\" style=\"padding-top:0;padding-right:0;padding-bottom:0;padding-left:0\"><h2 class=\"wp-block-post-title has-medium-font-size\"><a href=\"https:\/\/routledgelearning.com\/sociologyofeverydaylife\/students\/chapter-5\/\" target=\"_self\" >Chapter 5 \u2013 Shopping<\/a><\/h2>\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-post-excerpt\"><p class=\"wp-block-post-excerpt__excerpt\">This chapter examines a key activity in consumer culture: shopping. After learning a bit about the history of shopping, we&hellip; <\/p><\/div><\/div>\n\n<\/li><li class=\"wp-block-post post-179 content type-content status-publish hentry\">\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group has-global-padding is-layout-constrained wp-container-core-group-is-layout-639b5052 wp-block-group-is-layout-constrained\" style=\"padding-top:0;padding-right:0;padding-bottom:0;padding-left:0\"><h2 class=\"wp-block-post-title has-medium-font-size\"><a href=\"https:\/\/routledgelearning.com\/sociologyofeverydaylife\/students\/chapter-6\/\" target=\"_self\" >Chapter 6 \u2013 Sports<\/a><\/h2>\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-post-excerpt\"><p class=\"wp-block-post-excerpt__excerpt\">Billions of people around the world love to play sports, watch professional athletes compete, and adorn themselves with team logos.&hellip; <\/p><\/div><\/div>\n\n<\/li><li class=\"wp-block-post post-180 content type-content status-publish hentry\">\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group has-global-padding is-layout-constrained wp-container-core-group-is-layout-639b5052 wp-block-group-is-layout-constrained\" style=\"padding-top:0;padding-right:0;padding-bottom:0;padding-left:0\"><h2 class=\"wp-block-post-title has-medium-font-size\"><a href=\"https:\/\/routledgelearning.com\/sociologyofeverydaylife\/students\/chapter-7\/\" target=\"_self\" >Chapter 7 \u2013 Toys<\/a><\/h2>\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-post-excerpt\"><p class=\"wp-block-post-excerpt__excerpt\">This chapter uses the case of toys to explore socialization: the lifelong process of learning the norms of a particular&hellip; <\/p><\/div><\/div>\n\n<\/li><li class=\"wp-block-post post-181 content type-content status-publish hentry\">\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group has-global-padding is-layout-constrained wp-container-core-group-is-layout-639b5052 wp-block-group-is-layout-constrained\" style=\"padding-top:0;padding-right:0;padding-bottom:0;padding-left:0\"><h2 class=\"wp-block-post-title has-medium-font-size\"><a href=\"https:\/\/routledgelearning.com\/sociologyofeverydaylife\/students\/chapter-8\/\" target=\"_self\" >Chapter 8 \u2013 Weddings<\/a><\/h2>\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-post-excerpt\"><p class=\"wp-block-post-excerpt__excerpt\">Weddings are both a massive industry, and a powerful ritual. In this chapter, we use the case study of weddings&hellip; <\/p><\/div><\/div>\n\n<\/li><li class=\"wp-block-post post-182 content type-content status-publish hentry\">\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group has-global-padding is-layout-constrained wp-container-core-group-is-layout-639b5052 wp-block-group-is-layout-constrained\" style=\"padding-top:0;padding-right:0;padding-bottom:0;padding-left:0\"><h2 class=\"wp-block-post-title has-medium-font-size\"><a href=\"https:\/\/routledgelearning.com\/sociologyofeverydaylife\/students\/chapter-9\/\" target=\"_self\" >Chapter 9 \u2013 Smartphones<\/a><\/h2>\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-post-excerpt\"><p class=\"wp-block-post-excerpt__excerpt\">In this chapter, we shed light on the tension between group connection and separation by examining a ubiquitous technological device:&hellip; <\/p><\/div><\/div>\n\n<\/li><li class=\"wp-block-post post-183 content type-content status-publish hentry\">\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group has-global-padding is-layout-constrained wp-container-core-group-is-layout-639b5052 wp-block-group-is-layout-constrained\" style=\"padding-top:0;padding-right:0;padding-bottom:0;padding-left:0\"><h2 class=\"wp-block-post-title has-medium-font-size\"><a href=\"https:\/\/routledgelearning.com\/sociologyofeverydaylife\/students\/chapter-10\/\" target=\"_self\" >Chapter 10 \u2013 Brands<\/a><\/h2>\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-post-excerpt\"><p class=\"wp-block-post-excerpt__excerpt\">This chapter examines how we develop our sense of self and manage our multiple identities in a consumer society. While&hellip; <\/p><\/div><\/div>\n\n<\/li><li class=\"wp-block-post post-184 content type-content status-publish hentry\">\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group has-global-padding is-layout-constrained wp-container-core-group-is-layout-639b5052 wp-block-group-is-layout-constrained\" style=\"padding-top:0;padding-right:0;padding-bottom:0;padding-left:0\"><h2 class=\"wp-block-post-title has-medium-font-size\"><a href=\"https:\/\/routledgelearning.com\/sociologyofeverydaylife\/students\/chapter-11\/\" target=\"_self\" >Chapter 11 \u2013 Beauty<\/a><\/h2>\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-post-excerpt\"><p class=\"wp-block-post-excerpt__excerpt\">What do you think of as \u201cbeautiful\u201d or \u201cattractive\u201d in a person? Our ideas of physical attraction feel deeply personal&hellip; <\/p><\/div><\/div>\n\n<\/li><li class=\"wp-block-post post-185 content type-content status-publish hentry\">\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group has-global-padding is-layout-constrained wp-container-core-group-is-layout-639b5052 wp-block-group-is-layout-constrained\" style=\"padding-top:0;padding-right:0;padding-bottom:0;padding-left:0\"><h2 class=\"wp-block-post-title has-medium-font-size\"><a href=\"https:\/\/routledgelearning.com\/sociologyofeverydaylife\/students\/chapter-12\/\" target=\"_self\" >Chapter 12 \u2013 Music<\/a><\/h2>\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-post-excerpt\"><p class=\"wp-block-post-excerpt__excerpt\">Music is an important source of cultural symbolism, and a way to articulate dissent. 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