Sociology Of Culture And Cultural Practices

Author : Laurent Fleury
Publisher : Lexington Books
ISBN 13 : 0739174827
Total Pages : 179 pages
Book Rating : 4.21/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Sociology of Culture and Cultural Practices written by Laurent Fleury and published by Lexington Books. This book was released on 2014-04-01 with total page 179 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In Sociology of Culture and of Cultural Practices, Laurent Fleury presents a synthesis of research and debate from France and the United States. He traces the development of the sociology of culture from its origins (Weber and Simmel) and examines the major trends that have emerged in this branch of sociology. Fleury also raises issues of cultural hierarchy, distinction, and legitimate culture and mass culture and focuses on new areas of research, including the role of institutions, the reception of works of art, aesthetic experience, and emancipation through art.

Author : Roger Friedland
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
ISBN 13 : 9780521795456
Total Pages : 428 pages
Book Rating : 4.51/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Matters of Culture written by Roger Friedland and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2004-07-22 with total page 428 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An introduction to theorizing in cultural sociology.

Author : Wendy Griswold
Publisher : SAGE Publications
ISBN 13 : 1452289409
Total Pages : 232 pages
Book Rating : 4.03/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Cultures and Societies in a Changing World written by Wendy Griswold and published by SAGE Publications. This book was released on 2012-01-10 with total page 232 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In the Fourth Edition of Cultures and Societies in a Changing World, author Wendy Griswold illuminates how culture shapes our social world and how society shapes culture. Through this book, students will gain an understanding of the sociology of culture and explore stories, beliefs, media, ideas, art, religious practices, fashions, and rituals from a sociological perspective. Cultural examples from multiple countries and time periods will broaden students' global understanding. Students will develop a deeper appreciation of culture and society from this text, gleaning insights that will help them overcome cultural misunderstandings, conflicts, and ignorance and that will help equip them to live their professional and personal lives as effective, wise citizens of the world.

Author : Laura Desfor Edles
Publisher : Wiley-Blackwell
ISBN 13 : 9780631210894
Total Pages : 276 pages
Book Rating : 4.9X/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Cultural Sociology in Practice written by Laura Desfor Edles and published by Wiley-Blackwell. This book was released on 2002-02-15 with total page 276 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Cultural Sociology in Practice is a concise introduction to the burgeoning new field of cultural sociology. Using straightforward language and popular examples, the book sorts out the various definitions of the word "culture" in a sociological context.

Author : Nathan J. Keirns
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9781947172906
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.05/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Introduction to Sociology 2e written by Nathan J. Keirns and published by . This book was released on 2015-04-24 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Introduction to Sociology 2e adheres to the scope and sequence of a typical, one-semester introductory sociology course. It offers comprehensive coverage of core concepts, foundational scholars, and emerging theories, which are supported by a wealth of engaging learning materials. The textbook presents detailed section reviews with rich questions, discussions that help students apply their knowledge, and features that draw learners into the discipline in meaningful ways. The second edition retains the book's conceptual organization, aligning to most courses, and has been significantly updated to reflect the latest research and provide examples most relevant to today's students. In order to help instructors transition to the revised version, the 2e changes are described within the preface."--Website of text.

Author : Paul McLean
Publisher : John Wiley & Sons
ISBN 13 : 0745687202
Total Pages : 264 pages
Book Rating : 4.09/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Culture in Networks written by Paul McLean and published by John Wiley & Sons. This book was released on 2016-11-11 with total page 264 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Today, interest in networks is growing by leaps and bounds, in both scientific discourse and popular culture. Networks are thought to be everywhere – from the architecture of our brains to global transportation systems. And networks are especially ubiquitous in the social world: they provide us with social support, account for the emergence of new trends and markets, and foster social protest, among other functions. Besides, who among us is not familiar with Facebook, Twitter, or, for that matter, World of Warcraft, among the myriad emerging forms of network-based virtual social interaction? It is common to think of networks simply in structural terms – the architecture of connections among objects, or the circuitry of a system. But social networks in particular are thoroughly interwoven with cultural things, in the form of tastes, norms, cultural products, styles of communication, and much more. What exactly flows through the circuitry of social networks? How are peopleÂs identities and cultural practices shaped by network structures? And, conversely, how do peopleÂs identities, their beliefs about the social world, and the kinds of messages they send affect the network structures they create? This book is designed to help readers think about how and when culture and social networks systematically penetrate one another, helping to shape each other in significant ways.

Author : Marshall Battani
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1134452373
Total Pages : 295 pages
Book Rating : 4.78/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Sociology On Culture written by Marshall Battani and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2004-06-02 with total page 295 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Culture has become a touchstone of interdisciplinary conversation. For readers interested in sociology, the social sciences and the humanities, this book maps major classical and contemporary analyses and cultural controversies in relation to social processes, everyday life, and axes of ordering and difference - such as race, class and gender. Hall, Neitz, and Battani discuss: self and identity stratification the Other the cultural histories of modernity and postmodernity production of culture the problem of the audience action, social movements, and change. The authors advocate cultivating the sociological imagination by engaging myriad languages and perspectives of the social sciences and humanities, while cultivating cultural studies by developing the sociological imagination. Paying little respect to boundaries, and incorporating fascinating examples, this book draws on diverse intellectual perspectives and a variety of topics from various historical periods and regions of the world.

Author : Isaac Reed
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1317256239
Total Pages : 302 pages
Book Rating : 4.36/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Meaning and Method written by Isaac Reed and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2015-11-17 with total page 302 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Culture is increasingly important to American social science, but in what way? This book addresses the core issues of the sociology of culture-questions about the social role of meaning, along with those about the methods sociologists use to study culture and society-in a manner that makes clear their relevance to sociology as a whole. Part I consists of essays by leading cultural sociologists on how the turn to culture has changed the sociological study of organizations, economic action, and television, and concludes with Georgina Born's methodological statement on the sociology of art and cultural production. Part II contains a highly original, and at times heated, debate between Richard Biernacki and John H. Evans on the appropriateness of abstract and quantifiable coding schemes for the sociological study of culture. Ranging from the philosophy of science to the concrete, practical problems of interpreting masses of cultural data, the debate raises the controversy over the interpretation of culture and the explanation of social action to a new level of sophistication.

Author : Laura Grindstaff
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1134026145
Total Pages : 1247 pages
Book Rating : 4.42/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Handbook of Cultural Sociology written by Laura Grindstaff and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2010-09-13 with total page 1247 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Handbook of Cultural Sociology provides a comprehensive overview of contemporary scholarship in sociology and related disciplines focused on the complex relations of culture to social structures and everyday life. With sixty-five essays written by scholars from around the world, the book draws diverse approaches to cultural sociology into a dialogue that charts new pathways for research on culture in a global era. Contributing scholars address vital concerns that relate to classic questions as well as emergent issues in the study of culture. Topics include cultural and social theory, politics and the state, social stratification, community, aesthetics, lifestyle, and identity. In addition, the authors explore developments central to the constitution and reproduction of culture, such as power, technology, and the organization of work. This book is essential reading for undergraduate and postgraduate students interested in diverse subfields within Sociology, as well as Cultural Studies, Media and Communication, and Postcolonial Theory.

Author : Philip Smith
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
ISBN 13 : 9780521586344
Total Pages : 306 pages
Book Rating : 4.48/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The New American Cultural Sociology written by Philip Smith and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 1998-06-28 with total page 306 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: American Cultural Sociology presents a serious challenge to British Cultural Studies and European grand theory alike. This exciting volume brings together sixteen seminal papers by leading figures in what is emerging as an important intellectual tradition. It places them in the context of related work in Sociology and other disciplines, exploring the connections between cultural sociology and different approaches, such as comparative and historical research, postmodernism, and symbolic interactionism. The book is divided into three sections: Culture as Text and Code, The Production and Reception of Culture, and Culture in Action. Each section contains edited contributions, both theoretical and empirical, addressing the key debates in cultural sociology, including the autonomy of culture, power and culture, structure and agency and how to conceptualise meaning.