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Turning over Stoke-on-Trent (pottery): Ritual, affect and haunting (2023)
Journal Article
Leach, R. (in press). Turning over Stoke-on-Trent (pottery): Ritual, affect and haunting. The Sociological Review, https://doi.org/10.1177/00380261231182521

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
Leach, R. (2018). Mrs Home: the moral and cultural construction of domesticity and respectability between the wars. Home Cultures, 137-165. https://doi.org/10.1080/17406315.2017.1373444

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
Leach, R. (2016). The Turnover Club: locality and identity in the North Staffordshire practice of turning over ceramic ware. International Journal of Heritage Studies, 484-494. https://doi.org/10.1080/13527258.2016.1178161

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
Leach, R., Phillipson, C., Biggs, S., & Money, A. (2013). Baby boomers, consumption and social change: the bridging generation?. International Review of Sociology, 23(1), 104-122. https://doi.org/10.1080/03906701.2013.771053

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?.

Ageing and consumer culture (2010)
Book Chapter
Leach, R. (2010). Ageing and consumer culture. In Encyclopedia of Consumer Culture. SAGE Publications

Social and Cultural Constructions of Ageing: The Case of the Baby Boomers (2008)
Journal Article
Phillipson, C., Leach, R., Money, A., & Biggs, S. (2008). Social and Cultural Constructions of Ageing: The Case of the Baby Boomers. Sociological Research Online, 13(3), 1-14. https://doi.org/10.5153/sro.1695

This paper examines social and cultural constructions of first wave baby boomers, those born in the period 1945-1954. Boomers are depicted, variously, as bringing new lifestyles and attitudes to ageing and retirement; or heralding economic disaster;... Read More about Social and Cultural Constructions of Ageing: The Case of the Baby Boomers.

The Mature Imagination and Consumption Strategies (2008)
Journal Article
Biggs, S., Phillipson, C., Leach, R., & Money, A. The Mature Imagination and Consumption Strategies. International Journal of Ageing and Later Life, 2(2), 31-59. https://doi.org/10.3384/ijal.1652-8670.072231

Baby boomers have been credited with an essentially ’youthful’ approach to themselves, to consumption and to life-style. As they enter midlife and older age they are also faced with the challenges of a mature identity. This paper critically examines... Read More about The Mature Imagination and Consumption Strategies.

Baby Boomers & adult Ageing: Issues for Social and Public policy (2007)
Journal Article
Biggs, S., Phillipson, C., Leach, R., & Money, A. (2007). Baby Boomers & adult Ageing: Issues for Social and Public policy. Quality in Ageing and Older Adults, 8(3), 32-40. https://doi.org/10.1108/14717794200700019

This paper provides a critical assessment of academic and policy approaches to population ageing with an emphasis on the baby boomer cohort and constructions of late-life identity. It is suggested that policy towards an ageing population has shifted... Read More about Baby Boomers & adult Ageing: Issues for Social and Public policy.

Boomers and Beyond: Intergenerational Consumption and the Mature Imagination (2007)
Report
Leach, R., Biggs, S., Phillipson, C., & Money, A. (2007). Boomers and Beyond: Intergenerational Consumption and the Mature Imagination. TBC

Post-war baby boomers (born 1945–1954) have been at the forefront of social change in Britain, notably in the area of consumption. They have come under scrutiny, partly because of public perceptions that this large cohort will place unprecedented pre... Read More about Boomers and Beyond: Intergenerational Consumption and the Mature Imagination.

The Age-shift: observations on social policy, ageism and the dynamics of the adult lifecourse (2007)
Journal Article
Biggs, S., Phillipson, C., Money, A., & Leach, R. (2007). The Age-shift: observations on social policy, ageism and the dynamics of the adult lifecourse. Journal of Social Work Practice, 20(3), 239 - 250. https://doi.org/10.1080/02650530600931708

Through a critical engagement with policy trends, we ask how shifts in ideologies of ageing might influence the possibilities available to adults as they grow older. Of particular interest are the implications for how people are being encouraged to t... Read More about The Age-shift: observations on social policy, ageism and the dynamics of the adult lifecourse.

What happened at home with art: Tracing the experience of consumers (2002)
Book Chapter
Leach, R. (2002). What happened at home with art: Tracing the experience of consumers. In Contemporary Art and the Home (153 -180). (1). Taylor and Francis. https://doi.org/10.4324/9781003085065-10

This chapter is based on eighteen in-depth interviews with people who purchased one or more items from the At Home With Art (AHWA) range in Homebase. It takes up Painter’s idea of ‘contagion’ as he deploys it in the catalogue to the AHWA exhibition a... Read More about What happened at home with art: Tracing the experience of consumers.

Invasion of the 'body snatchers': burglary reconsidered (2000)
Journal Article
Kearon, T., & Leach, R. (2000). Invasion of the 'body snatchers': burglary reconsidered. Theoretical Criminology, 451 - 472. https://doi.org/10.1177/1362480600004004003

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.