Cultural Sociology (eBook)

An Introduction

Les Back, Andy Bennett, Laura Desfor Edles, Margaret Gibson, David Inglis, Ron Jacobs, Ian Woodward (Autoren)

eBook Download: EPUB

2012
John Wiley & Sons (Verlag)
978-1-4443-6224-4 (ISBN)

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Cultural Sociology: An Introduction is the first dedicated student textbook to address cultural sociology as a legitimate model for sociological thinking and research. Highly renowned authors present a rich overview of major sociological themes and the various empirical applications of cultural sociology. 

• A timely introductory overview to this increasingly significant field which provides invaluable summaries of key studies and approaches within cultural sociology
• Clearly written and designed, with accessible summaries of thematic topics, covering race, class, politics, religion, media, fashion, and music
• International experts contribute chapters in their field of research, including a chapter by David Chaney, a founder of cultural sociology
• Offers a unified set of theoretical and methodological tools for those wishing to apply a cultural sociological approach in their work

Les Back is Professor of Sociology at Goldsmiths, University of London.

Andy Bennett is Professor of Cultural Sociology and Director of the Griffith Centre for Cultural Research at Griffith University in Queensland, Australia. He has authored and edited numerous books including Popular Music and Youth Culture, Cultures of Popular Music (2001), Remembering Woodstock (2004), and Music Scenes (edited with Richard A. Peterson, 2004). He is Editor-in-Chief of the Journal of Sociology.

Laura Desfor Edles is Professor of Sociology at California State University, Northridge.

Margaret Gibson is Senior Lecturer in Sociology at Griffith University.

David Inglis is Professor of Sociology at the University of Aberdeen, UK. He has written in the areas of the history of social thought, historical sociology, the sociologies of culture, art and aesthetics, and the cultural sociology of globalization. He is founding editor of the journal Cultural Sociology.

Ronald Jacobs is Associate Professor of Sociology at University at Albany, State University of New York. He is the author of Race, Media and the Crisis of Civil Society (2000) and The Space of Opinion (2011), and co-editor of Oxford Handbook of Cultural Sociology (2011).

Ian Woodward is Senior Lecturer in Sociology at Griffith University.

Inhalt

Notes on Authors

Preface

Glossary of Terms

Part I: Theory and Method

1 Starting to Write a History of the Present Day: Culture
and Sociology

David Chaney

2 Defining Cultural Sociology

3 Methodological Issues in Cultural Sociology

Part II: New Cultural Identities

4 Class, Culture and Social Difference

5 Gender and Sexuality

6 Racism, 'Race' and Difference

7 Bodies and Identities

Part III: Fragmented Ideology

8 Politics and Culture

9 Globalization

10 Culture and Religion

Part IV: Leisure and Lifestyle

11 Popular Music: Place, Identity, Community

12 Fashion Logics and the Cultural Economy: The Social
Power of Tastes, Aesthetics and Style

13 Food, Eating and Culture

14 Media, Culture and Public Life

References

Index

Rezensionen

"David Chaney's magisterial opening provides an
authoritative framework and background for these introductions to
key subtopics within this important area of sociology."
(Times Higher Education Supplement, 24 May 2012)



"This exciting new volume will put cultural sociology on the map
for a new generation of students and scholars."

--Nick Stevenson, University of Nottingham

"An engaging primer for this rising field well-suited to
introductory courses, Cultural Sociology also marks a moment of
robust intellectual consolidation."

--Paul Jones, The University of New South Wales

Produkt-Details

• Erscheint lt. Verlag: 19.1.2012
• Sprache: englisch
• Themenwelt: Naturwissenschaften ► Geowissenschaften ► Geografie / Kartografie
• Themenwelt: Sozialwissenschaften ► Ethnologie
• Themenwelt: Sozialwissenschaften ► Politik / Verwaltung
• Themenwelt: Sozialwissenschaften ► Soziologie
• Schlagworte: Cultural identity, globalization, religion, social differences, gender, community, race and ethnicity, media<br /> <br /> • Kultursoziologie • Sociology • Sociology of Culture • Soziologie
• ISBN-10: 1-4443-6224-0 / 1444362240
• ISBN-13: 978-1-4443-6224-4 / 9781444362244