{"product_id":"matters-of-culture-cultural-sociology-in-practice-paperback-9780521795456","title":"Matters of Culture; Cultural Sociology in Practice (Paperback) 9780521795456","description":"\u003cfont face=\"Georgia\"\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"6\"\u003eMatters of Culture\u003c\/font\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\u003cfont size=\"5\"\u003eCultural Sociology in Practice\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eMatters of Culture, first published in 2004, is an introduction to some of the best theorizing in cultural sociology.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003eRoger Friedland (Edited by), John Mohr (Edited by)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e9780521795456, Cambridge University Press\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003ePaperback, published 22 July 2004\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e426 pages, 6 b\/w illus.  2 tables\u003cbr\u003e22.8 x 15.3 x 2.6 cm, 0.57 kg\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eAmerican sociology is in the midst of a cultural turn. Where sociologists once spurned culture, today they embrace and explore it, seeking to understand the construction of social forms and the way culture matters. Problems of meaning, discourse, aesthetics, value, textuality, form and narrativity, topics traditionally within the humanists' purview, have come to the fore as sociologists increasingly emphasize the role of meanings, symbols, cultural frames and cognitive schema in their theorizations of social process and institution. Matters of Culture, first published in 2004, is an introduction to some of the best theorizing in cultural sociology, focusing  in particular on questions of power, the sacred and cultural production. With a major theoretical introduction that lays out the internal structure of the field and its relation to cultural studies and contributions from leading academics Matters of Culture offers students and professors alike a representative range of the types of cultural sociological analysis available.\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e1. The cultural turn in American sociology Roger Friedland and John Mohr\u003cbr\u003e Part I. The Place of Culture: 2. Culture and continuity: causal structures in socio-cultural persistence Orlando Patterson\u003cbr\u003e 3. Theorizing hermeneutic cultural history John R. Hall\u003cbr\u003e 4. Cultural studies as fin-de-siècle culture Mark A. Schneider\u003cbr\u003e Part II. Sacred and Profane: 5. Private devotions and the sacred heart of Elvis: the Durkheimians and the (re)turn of the sacred Richard D. Hecht\u003cbr\u003e 6. The social marking of the past: toward a socio-semiotics of memory Eviatar Zerubavel\u003cbr\u003e 7. On the social construction of moral universals: the 'Holocaust' from war crimes to trauma drama Jeffrey C. Alexander\u003cbr\u003e Part III. Culture and Power: 8. Social justice in the age of identity politics: redistribution, recognition, and participation Nancy Fraser\u003cbr\u003e 9. Are we all in the closet? Notes towards a sociological and cultural turn in queer theory Steven Seidman\u003cbr\u003e 10. Why (not) Foucault? Reflections on power, fascism and aesthetics Simonetta Falasca Zamponi\u003cbr\u003e Part IV. Products and Production of Culture: 11. Audience aesthetics and popular culture Denise D. Bielby and William T. Bielby\u003cbr\u003e 12. Grounding the postmodern: a story of empirical research on fuzzy concepts Magali Sarfatti Larson\u003cbr\u003e 13. How art works: form and function in the stuff of life Harvey Molotch\u003cbr\u003e 14. Ethnosympathy: reflections on an American dilemma Jon D Cruz.\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eSubject Areas: Sociology \u0026amp; anthropology [\u003ca title=\"See our other books on Sociology \u0026amp; anthropology\" href=\"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/search?q=%22Sociology%20\u0026amp;%20anthropology%20%5BJH%5D%22\"\u003eJH\u003c\/a\u003e]\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/font\u003e","brand":"Cambridge University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46005812789528,"sku":"9780521795456","price":40.19,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0730\/2037\/5320\/products\/9780521795456i_5a442983-1c8d-4890-8694-a32aa541518b.jpg?v=1691368129","url":"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/products\/matters-of-culture-cultural-sociology-in-practice-paperback-9780521795456","provider":"Freshly Printed Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}