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Seasonal Sociology
Tonya Davidson (Edited by), Ondine Park (Edited by)
9781487594084
Paperback / softback, published 11 September 2020
416 pages, 7 figures
23.5 x 19.1 x 3.3 cm, 0.7 kg
"The authors offer a compelling and accessible textbook, geared towards undergraduate pedagogy, that affects a provocative and effective set of estrangements from our socialization to weather." - Rafico Ruiz (Space and Culture)
Life in Canada is marked, celebrated, enjoyed, and dreaded in ways that respond specifically to the seasons. Sociological thinking allows people to ask questions about things that may otherwise be taken for granted. Thinking about the seasons sociologically opens up a unique perspective for studying and understanding social life. Each chapter in this collection approaches the seasons and the passage of time as a way to explore issues of sociological interest. The authors use seasonality as a device that can bridge, in fascinating ways, small-scale interpersonal interactions and large formal institutional structures. These contemporary, Canadian case studies are wide-ranging and include analyses of pumpkin spice lattes, policing in schools, law and colonialism, summer cottages, seasonal affective disorder, New Year’s resolutions, Vaisakhi celebrations, and more. Seasonal Sociology offers provocative new ways of thinking about the nature of our collective lives.
List of Figures Introduction FALL 1 The Rideau Canal in Fall: Understanding Ontology and Epistemology with Indigenous Ways of Knowing 2 Back to School Season: Schools and the Social Organization of Crime 3 Pumpkin Spice Lattes: Marking the Seasons with Brands 4 "Neither Here, Nor There": Migrant Rights and Realities in Canada’s Seasonal Agricultural Worker Program 5 A Long Weekend of Rest and Labour: Thanksgiving, Holiday Body Work, and the Holiday Body WINTER 6 Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD): The Medicalization of Winter Sadness 7 Season of Dreaded Joys: Adaptation, Enchantment, and Solidarity in a "Winter" City 8 The Winter of Our Discontent: New Year’s Resolutions and the Ideal Body 9 Extending Law’s Reach: Winter, Accusations, and the Colonial Encounter 10 Cracked Ice: Winter, Canada, Whiteness, and the Politics of Sports SPRING 11 Spring Sowing for Fall Harvest: An Exploration of Time in Farmers’ Food Production and Marketing 12 Spring Babies, Summer Weddings, Fall Divorces, and Winter Deaths: Seasons and Populations 13 Alternative Spring Break: The Politics of Doing Good in a Globalized World 14 Supermoms and Bumbling Dads: How Mother’s Day and Father’s Day Cards Perpetuate Traditional Roles in the Home 15 Rites of Spring: Multiculturalism and the Celebration of Vaisakhi in Vancouver Bonar Buffam SUMMER 16 Wedding Season: The White Wedding as a Cultural Ritual of Heteronormativity 17 Summer in Cottage Country: Expectations and Experiences of Canadian Nature 18 "The Long and ‘Hot’ Summer Is Coming": Environmental Activism, Violence, and the State 19 The Summer Blockbuster: Sociology of Media and Media Sociology 20 Summer’s Gains and Losses: Children, Social Class, and Learning Glossary
List of Tables
Preface
Acknowledgements
Tonya K. Davidson, Tara Milbrandt, and Ondine Park
Zoe Todd
Heather Rollwagen
Sonia Bookman
Jenna Hennebry, David Celis Parra, and Rachelle Daley
Heidi Bickis
Alissa Overend
Tara Milbrandt
Jen Wrye, Michael Graydon, and Patricia Thille
Matthew P. Unger
Nicole Neverson
Susan Machum
Rania Tfaily
Nathaniel Laywine and Alan Sears
Alison Thomas and Elizabeth Dennis
Ondine Park
Tonya K. Davidson
Paul Joosse
Benjamin Woo
Patrizia Albanese
Contributors
Index