Associate Professor of Cultural Sociology
Department of Social and Political Studies
University of Milan
Via Conservatorio 7, 20122 Milano, Italy
Tel.: +39 02 50321293
Fax: +39 02 50321240
Email: roberta.sassatelli@unimi.it

Curriculum Vitae:

EDUCATION:
1996 Ph.D., Sociology, European University Institute, Florence (IT)
1994 M.A., with distinction, Economics and Applied Social Research, University of Manchester (UK)
1991 B.A. (laurea), cum laude, Social and Political Sciences, University of Bologna (IT)

RESEARCH AREAS:
• SOCIOLOGY, POLITICS AND HISTORY OF CONSUMPTION
• SOCIOLOGY OF THE BODY, GENDER AND SEXUALITY
• SOCIOLOGY OF FOOD
• SOCIOLOGY OF SPORT AND LEISURE
• CULTURAL THEORY, ETHNOGRAPHY AND VISUAL METHODS

BOOKS:
2010 Fitness Culture. Gyms and the Commercialisation of Discipline and Fun, Palgrave, Basingstoke
2009 Studiare la cultura, Il Mulino, Bologna (ed. with Marco Santoro)
2008 Le nuove frontiere dei consumi, Ombrecorte, Verona (ed. with Paola Rebughini)
2008 Il consumo critico. Significati, pratiche e reti, Laterza, Roma (ed. with Luisa Leonini)
2007 Consumer Culture. History, Theory, Politics, Sage, London
2004 Consumo, cultura e societa', Il Mulino, Bologna
2000 Anatomia della palestra. Cultura commerciale e disciplina del corpo, Il Mulino, Bologna