Cultural Sociology: An Introduction is the first dedicated
student textbook to address cultural sociology as a legitimate
model for sociological thinking and research. Highly renowned
authors present a rich overview of major sociological themes and
the various empirical applications of cultural
sociology.
* A timely introductory overview to this increasingly significant
field which provides invaluable summaries of key studies and
approaches within cultural sociology
* Clearly written and designed, with accessible summaries of
thematic topics, covering race, class, politics, religion, media,
fashion, and music
* International experts contribute chapters in their field of
research, including a chapter by David Chaney, a founder of
cultural sociology
* Offers a unified set of theoretical and methodological tools
for those wishing to apply a cultural sociological approach in
their work
Tabella dei contenuti
Notes on Authors
Preface
Glossary of Terms
Part I: Theory and Method
1 Starting to Write a History of the Present Day: Culture
and Sociology
David Chaney
2 Defining Cultural Sociology
3 Methodological Issues in Cultural Sociology
Part II: New Cultural Identities
4 Class, Culture and Social Difference
5 Gender and Sexuality
6 Racism, ‘Race’ and Difference
7 Bodies and Identities
Part III: Fragmented Ideology
8 Politics and Culture
9 Globalization
10 Culture and Religion
Part IV: Leisure and Lifestyle
11 Popular Music: Place, Identity, Community
12 Fashion Logics and the Cultural Economy: The Social
Power of Tastes, Aesthetics and Style
13 Food, Eating and Culture
14 Media, Culture and Public Life
References
Index
Circa l’autore
Les Back is Professor of Sociology at Goldsmiths, University
of London.
Andy Bennett is Professor of Cultural Sociology and
Director of the Griffith Centre for Cultural Research at Griffith
University in Queensland, Australia. He has authored and edited
numerous books including Popular Music and Youth Culture,
Cultures of Popular Music (2001), Remembering
Woodstock (2004), and Music Scenes (edited with Richard
A. Peterson, 2004). He is Editor-in-Chief of the Journal of
Sociology.
Laura Desfor Edles is Professor of
Sociology at California State University, Northridge.
Margaret Gibson is Senior Lecturer in Sociology at
Griffith University.
David Inglis is Professor of Sociology at the University
of Aberdeen, UK. He has written in the areas of the history of
social thought, historical sociology, the sociologies of culture,
art and aesthetics, and the cultural sociology of globalization. He
is founding editor of the journal Cultural Sociology.
Ronald Jacobs is Associate Professor of Sociology
at University at Albany, State University of New York. He is the
author of Race, Media and the Crisis of Civil Society (2000)
and The Space of Opinion (2011), and co-editor of Oxford
Handbook of Cultural Sociology (2011).
Ian Woodward is Senior Lecturer in Sociology at Griffith
University.
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