Cultural sociology – or the sociology of culture - has grown from a minority interest in the 1970s to become one of the largest and most vibrant areas within sociology globally. In
The SAGE Handbook of Cultural Sociology, a global range of experts explore the theory, methodology and innovations that make up this ever-expanding field.
The Handbook′s 40 original chapters have been organised into five thematic sections:
- Theoretical Paradigms
- Major Methodological Perspectives
- Domains of Inquiry
- Cultural Sociology in Contexts
- Cultural Sociology and Other Analytical Approaches
Both comprehensive and current,
The SAGE Handbook of Cultural Sociology will be an essential reference tool for both advanced students and scholars across sociology, cultural studies and media studies.
Table of Content
Introduction – David Inglis
PART 1: SCHOOLS OF THOUGHT
Marxist Cultural Sociology – Paul Jones
Max Weber’s Presences: On the Cultural Sociology of the Long-Term – David Inglis
The Cultural Sociology of Alfred Weber and Karl Mannheim – Colin Loader
Durkheimian and Neo-Durkheimian Cultural Sociologies – David Inglis
A Qualitative Theory of Culture: Georg Simmel and Cultural Sociology – Eduardo de la Fuente
Bourdieu’s Sociology of Culture: On the Economy of Symbolic Goods – Gisèle Sapiro
Symbolic Interactionism’s Contribution to the Study of Culture – Norman Denzin
Cognition and Cultural Sociology: The Inside and Outside of Thought – Karen A. Cerulo
Actor Network Theory and Its Cultural Uses – Anna-Mari Almila
Neoinstitutionalist Sociology – Pertti Alasuutari
The Cultural Worth of ‘Economies of Worth’: French Pragmatic Sociology from a Cultural Sociological Perspective – Ilana F. Silber
Systems Theory and Culture: Drawing Lessons from Parsons and Luhmann – Rudi Laermans
The ‘Production of Culture Perspective’ in Perspective – Marco Santoro
Cultural Historical Sociology – Chandra Mukerji
PART 2: METHODOLOGICAL APPROACHES
Quantitative Analysis in Cultural Sociology: Why It Should be Done, How It Can Be Done – Dick Houtman & Peter Achterberg
Qualitative Cultural Sociology – Thomas S. Eberle
Multiple Correspondence Analysis – Julien Duval
Hermeneutics and Cultural Sociology – Jonathan Roberge
Social Network Analysis – Nick Crossley
Ethnography and the Sociology of Culture – John Hughson
PART 3: DISCIPLINARITY & INTERDISCIPLINARITY
Sociology and Cultural Studies: A Close and Fraught Relationship – David Inglis
Visual Culture Studies and Cultural Sociology: Extractive Seeing – Janet Stewart
Queering Gender, Art and Culture in the Age of Media Convergence – Mary Kosut
PART 4: CULTURE & SOCIETY
Symbolic Boundaries – Bethany Bryson
Cultural Sociology of Religion and Beliefs – Laura Edles
Everyday Life: The Making of a Sociological Topic, Then Making it ‘Cultural Sociology’ – Rachel Hurdley
′Turn Turn Turn!’ Musicalizing Cultural Sociology with the ‘in Action’ Perspective – Tia De Nora
PART 5: CULTURE & POLITICS
Cultural Citizenship – Nick Stevenson
Dimensions of Culture in Social Movement Research – Hank Johnston
Cultural Nationalism – Eric Taylor Woods
Cultural Sociology of News Media – Ron Jacobs
Cultural Memory – Brad West
PART 6: ARTS & AESTHETICS
(Cultural) Sociologies of Architecture? – Paul Jones
For a Sociology of the Cinema – Tatiana Signorelli Heise & Andrew Tudor
Witnessing Culture: Museums, Exhibitions and the Artistic Encounter – Nail Farkhatdinov & Sophia Krzys Acord
Cultural Sociology of Fashion: On the Sartorial, Symbolic and Social – Anna-Mari Almila
Popular Music and Cultural Sociology – Andy Bennett
Iconicity – Dominic Bartmanski
The Cultural Sociology of Markets – Fred Wherry
PART 7: CULTURE & CONSUMPTION
Cultural Consumption and Cultural Omnivorousness – David Wright
Cultural Sociology: Brands – Sonia Bookman
Cultural Sociology of Ethical Consumption – Matthias Varul
About the author
Anna-Mari Almila is a Post-doctoral Research Fellow in Sociology of Fashion at London College of Fashion, University of the Arts London.
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