All Outputs (5)

Turning over Stoke-on-Trent (pottery): Ritual, affect and haunting (2023)
Journal Article

This article is one of a series of explorations of the curious, ordinary-extraordinary practice of turning over pottery by people in/from Stoke-on-Trent. This is the widely practised habit of turning over a piece of ceramic ware, in situations away f... Read More about Turning over Stoke-on-Trent (pottery): Ritual, affect and haunting.

Mrs Home: the moral and cultural construction of domesticity and respectability between the wars (2018)
Journal Article

This article uncovers archive material from the Foundations of Sociology archive: the output of the Institute of Sociology (Le Play House), exploring the cultural constructions of gendered domesticity and respectability among the lives of the poor an... Read More about Mrs Home: the moral and cultural construction of domesticity and respectability between the wars.

The Turnover Club: locality and identity in the North Staffordshire practice of turning over ceramic ware (2016)
Journal Article

This paper explores a key practice adopted by those local to or from Stoke-on-Trent, and outlines its significance in the wider context of ‘ordinary’ consumption and material cultures, globalisation and local identity. Being a ‘turnover-er’ – someone... Read More about The Turnover Club: locality and identity in the North Staffordshire practice of turning over ceramic ware.

Baby boomers, consumption and social change: the bridging generation? (2013)
Journal Article

This paper outlines the ways in which the cohort born immediately following the Second World War illustrates changes in consumption patterns within their lives. The paper suggests that this cohort (often known as baby boomers) view themselves to be a... Read More about Baby boomers, consumption and social change: the bridging generation?.

Invasion of the 'body snatchers': burglary reconsidered (2000)
Journal Article

The victim of crime has become the focus of increasing concern in recent years, particularly in the context of the impact crime has on its victims. This article takes a novel approach within this debate contending that the conceptualization of victim... Read More about Invasion of the 'body snatchers': burglary reconsidered.