{"product_id":"the-blackwell-companion-to-the-sociology-of-culture-hardback-9780631231745","title":"The Blackwell Companion to the Sociology of Culture (Hardback) 9780631231745","description":"\u003cfont face=\"Georgia\"\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"6\"\u003eThe Blackwell Companion to the Sociology of Culture\u003c\/font\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003e“The sociology of culture has been among the fastest growing fields in the discipline. It is diverse in theory, research methods, and empirical agendas. \u003ci\u003eThe\u003c\/i\u003e \u003ci\u003eBlackwell Companion\u003c\/i\u003e offers a very useful guide – all the more valuable because culture should be a dimension of all sociological analyses and newcomers to cultural analysis need an introduction.”\u003cbr\u003e –\u003ci\u003eCraig Calhoun, New York University\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003eMark D. Jacobs (Edited by), MD Jacobs (Author), Nancy Weiss Hanrahan (Edited by)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e9780631231745, Wiley\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eHardback, published 2 December 2004\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e520 pages\u003cbr\u003e25.4 x 18 x 3.3 cm, 1.052 kg\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\"A worthy handbook for cultural sociologists and those interested in the sociology of culture.\" (\u003ci\u003eCultural Sociology\u003c\/i\u003e, November 2008)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eThis collection of original, state-of-the-art essays by prominent international scholars covers the most important issues comprising the sociology of culture. \u003cbr\u003e \u003cul class=\"noindent\"\u003e \u003cli\u003eProvides an invaluable reference resource to all interested in the cultural structures and processes that animate contemporary life\u003cbr\u003e \u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eContains 27 essays on the most important issues comprising the sociology of culture, including art, science, religions, race, class, gender, collective memory, institutions, and citizenship\u003cbr\u003e \u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eReflects and analyzes the “cultural turn” that has transformed scholarship in the social sciences and humanities.\u003c\/li\u003e \u003c\/ul\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\u003cp\u003eList of Contributors x\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIntroduction 1\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eMark D. Jacobs and Nancy Weiss Hanrahan\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePART I PROBLEMS OF THEORY AND METHOD 15\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e1 Structure, Culture and Agency 17\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eMargaret S. Archer\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e2 Culture and Cognition 35\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eAlbert J. Bergesen\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e3 Difference and Cultural Systems: Dissonance in Three Parts 48\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eNancy Weiss Hanrahan\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePART II CULTURAL SYSTEMS 63\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e4 Culture in Global Knowledge Societies: Knowledge Cultures and Epistemic Cultures 65\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eKarin Knorr Cetina\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e5 Media Culture(s) and Public Life 80\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eRonald N. Jacobs\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e6 \"Religion as a Cultural System\": Theoretical and Empirical Developments Since Geertz 97\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eRhys H. Williams\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e7 Aesthetic Uncertainty: The New Canon? 114\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eVera L. Zolberg\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e8 Pragmatics of Taste 131\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eAntoine Hennion\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePART III EVERYDAY LIFE AND THE CONSTRUCTION OF MEANING 145\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e9 Music and Social Experience 147\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eTia DeNora\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e10 Consumer Culture 160\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eDaniel Thomas Cook\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e11 Fame and Everyday Life: The \"Lottery Celebrities\" of Reality TV 176\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eAndrea L. Press and Bruce A. Williams\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e12 Labor for Love: Rethinking Class and Culture in the Case of Single Motherhood 190\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eMaria Kefalas\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePART IV IDENTITY AND DIFFERENCE 205\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e13 New Developments in Class and Culture 207\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eDavid Halle and L. Frank Weyher\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e14 Sexuality and Religion: Negotiating Identity Differences 220\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eMichele Dillon\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e15 Race after the Cultural Turn 234\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eOrville Lee\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePART V COLLECTIVE MEMORY AND CULTURAL AMNESIA 251\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e16 Collective Memory: Why Culture Matters 253\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eBarry Schwartz, Kazuya Fukuoka, and Sachiko Takita-Ishii\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e17 Counter-Memories of Terrorism: The Public Inscription of a Dramatic Past 272\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eAnna Lisa Tota\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e18 Museums and the Constitution of Culture 286\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eJan Marontate\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e19 Dilemmas of the Witness 302\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eRobin Wagner-Pacifici\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePART VI THE CULTURE OF INSTITUTIONS 315\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e20 Professions as Disciplinary Cultures 317\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eMagali Sarfatti Larson\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e21 Everyday Life and the Constitution of Legality 332\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eSusan S. Silbey\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e22 The Discourses of Welfare and Welfare Reform 346\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eJohn W. Mohr\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e23 The Culture of Savings and Loan Scandal in the No-Fault Society 364\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eMark D. Jacobs\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePART VII THE CULTURE OF CITIZENSHIP: LOCAL, NATIONAL, GLOBAL 381\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e24 Civic Culture at the Grass Roots 383\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003ePaul Lichterman\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e25 Public Vocabularies of Religious Belief: Explicit and Implicit Religious Discourse in the American Public Sphere 398\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eJohn H. Evans\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e26 Democracy and Globalization in the Global Economy 412\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eDiana Crane\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e27 The Autonomy of Culture and the Invention of the Politics of Small Things: 1968 Revisited 428\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eJeffrey C. 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