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Seasonal Sociology, Second Edition
Tonya Davidson (Edited by), Ondine Park (Edited by)
9781487556273
Paperback / softback, published 31 July 2025
486 pages, 33 illustrations
23.5 x 19.1 x 2.5 cm, 0.84 kg
Life in Canada is shaped by the seasons – marked, celebrated, enjoyed, and sometimes dreaded in ways that respond directly to the changing cycles in nature. Sociological thinking encourages us to question the aspects of everyday life that we may otherwise take for granted.
Seasonal Sociology takes a sociological approach to thinking about the seasons, providing a unique perspective for understanding social life. Each chapter in this collection explores key issues of sociological interest through the passage of time and seasonal change. The authors wield seasonality as a powerful tool that can bridge small-scale interpersonal interactions with large-scale institutional structures.
This collection of contemporary Canadian case studies is wide-ranging and analyses topics such as pumpkin spice lattes, policing in schools, law and colonialism, summer cottages, seasonal affective disorder, Vaisakhi celebrations, and more. The second edition introduces new chapters on Labour Day and organized labour, disability and online dating, maple sugar shacks, seasonal agricultural work, wildfires, and social movements like Pride and Black Lives Matter. Seasonal Sociology ultimately offers fresh, provocative 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 Labour Day Weekend: The Shifts and the Cycles of Work 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 Cupid’s Keyboard: Disabled People’s Experiences with Online Dating 9 Extending Law’s Reach: Winter, Accusations, and the Colonial Encounter 10 Cracked Ice: Hockey, Whiteness, and Masculinity in Sports SPRING 11 The Myth of the Sugar Shack: Identity, Nature, and Maple Syrup 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 Peach Blossoms and Precarious Work: Canada’s Seasonal Agricultural Worker Program on the Niagara Peninsula 15 Rites of Spring: Multiculturalism and the Celebration of Vaisakhi in Vancouver 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 Burning Season: The (New) Conflagrations of Summer 19 Social Movements Sizzle 20 Summer’s Gains and Losses: Children, Social Class, and Learning Glossary
List of Tables
Preface
Acknowledgments
Tonya K. Davidson, Tara Milbrandt, and Ondine Park
Zoe Todd
Heather Rollwagen
Sonia Bookman
Susan Cake, Jason Foster, and Bob Barnetson
Heidi Bickis
Alissa Overend
Tara Milbrandt
Alan Santinele Martino
Matthew P. Unger
Nicole Neverson
Emma Bider
Rania Tfaily
Nathaniel Laywine and Alan Sears
Kristin Lozanski
Bonar Buffam
Ondine Park
Tonya K. Davidson
Mark Hudson
James Cairns
Patrizia Albanese
Contributors
Index