SOCD44H3 Lecture Notes - Lecture 3: Mount Everest, Social Exclusion, Work Unit
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Lifestyle: refers to the everyday activities and ways of operating as consumers. Authors make a point; **in recent years, world becomes more diverse. there has been multiplication/increased in number of lifestyle orientations and they are reflected by global festivals. Lifestyle doesn"t superimpose on other sources of identity. The traditional types of things that shape our life (ethnicity, religion, occupation, class; sociological concepts). The idea is that the way we lead our lives are strictly dictated by ethnicity, religion, class in large areas of the world (not western). Afghanistan you won"t see booming lifestyles but just secular in nature. Your everyday life will be shaped in it always been shaped. Societies that are non-religious, non-secular have open things up for multiplication of different lifestyles. People in traditional society have the luxury to choose what kind of lifestyle you want; the freedom to decide your lifestyle. In north america, lot of peoples" non-work life revolves around fan-fictional movies.