Back / Bennett / Edles Cultural Sociology

An Introduction
1. Auflage 2012
ISBN: 978-1-4443-6224-4
Verlag: John Wiley & Sons
Format: EPUB
Kopierschutz: Adobe DRM (»Systemvoraussetzungen)

E-Book, Englisch, 276 Seiten, E-Book

Cultural Sociology: An Introduction is the first dedicatedstudent textbook to address cultural sociology as a legitimatemodel for sociological thinking and research. Highly renownedauthors present a rich overview of major sociological themes andthe various empirical applications of culturalsociology.
* A timely introductory overview to this increasingly significantfield which provides invaluable summaries of key studies andapproaches within cultural sociology
* Clearly written and designed, with accessible summaries ofthematic topics, covering race, class, politics, religion, media,fashion, and music
* International experts contribute chapters in their field ofresearch, including a chapter by David Chaney, a founder ofcultural sociology
* Offers a unified set of theoretical and methodological toolsfor those wishing to apply a cultural sociological approach intheir work

Autoren/Hrsg.

Back, Les

Bennett, Andy

Edles, Laura Desfor

Gibson, Margaret

Inglis, David

Jacobs, Ron

Woodward, Ian

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Notes on Authors
Preface
Glossary of Terms
Part I: Theory and Method
1 Starting to Write a History of the Present Day: Cultureand 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 SocialPower of Tastes, Aesthetics and Style
13 Food, Eating and Culture
14 Media, Culture and Public Life
References
Index

Über Autor(innen)

Les Back is Professor of Sociology at Goldsmiths, Universityof London.
Andy Bennett is Professor of Cultural Sociology andDirector of the Griffith Centre for Cultural Research at GriffithUniversity in Queensland, Australia. He has authored and editednumerous books including Popular Music and Youth Culture,Cultures of Popular Music (2001), RememberingWoodstock (2004), and Music Scenes (edited with RichardA. Peterson, 2004). He is Editor-in-Chief of the Journal ofSociology.
Laura Desfor Edles is Professor ofSociology at California State University, Northridge.
Margaret Gibson is Senior Lecturer in Sociology atGriffith University.
David Inglis is Professor of Sociology at the Universityof Aberdeen, UK. He has written in the areas of the history ofsocial thought, historical sociology, the sociologies of culture,art and aesthetics, and the cultural sociology of globalization. Heis 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 theauthor of Race, Media and the Crisis of Civil Society (2000)and The Space of Opinion (2011), and co-editor of OxfordHandbook of Cultural Sociology (2011).
Ian Woodward is Senior Lecturer in Sociology at GriffithUniversity.