The Oxford handbook of cultural sociology / edited by Jeffrey C. Alexander, Ron Jacobs, Philip Smith.

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Publication details: New York : Oxford University Press, c2012.Description: xix, 818 p. : ill. ; 26 cmISBN:

9780195377767 (cloth : alk. paper)

Subject(s):

Culture

DDC classification:

306 22

LOC classification:

HM621 .O94 2012

Contents:

Table of Contents: 1. Introduction: Cultural Sociology Today Jeffrey C. Alexander, Ron Jacobs, Philip Smith PART I The Cultural Method in Sociology 2. Cultural Sociology as a Research Program: Post-Positivism, Meaning, and Causality Isaac Ariail Reed 3. Rationalization Processes inside Cultural Sociology Richard Biernacki 4. Four Ways to Measure Culture: Social Science, Hermeneutics, and the Cultural Turn John Mohr and Craig Rawlings PART II The Economic as Culture 5. Culture and the Economy Carlo Tognato 6. Culture and Economic Life Lyn Spillman PART III The Political as Culture 7. From Moral Sentiments to Civic Engagement: Sociological Analysis as Responsible Spectatorship Robin Wagner-Pacifici 8. Reinventing the Concept of Civic Culture Paul Lichterman 9. Cultural Sociology and Civil Society in a World of Flows: Recapturing Ambiguity, Hybridity and the Political Gianpaolo Biaocchi PART IV The Media as Culture 10. Mediatized Disasters in the Global Age: On the Ritualization of Catastrophe Simon Cottle 11. Media, Intellectuals, the Public Sphere, and the Story of Barack Obama in 2008 Eleanor Townsely 12. Entertainment Media and the Aesthetic Public Sphere Ronald Jacobs PART V Race and Immigration as Culture 13. Rethinking the Relationship of African American Men to the Street Al Young 14. Ethnicity, Race, Nationhood, Foreignness, Etc.: Prolegomena to a Cultural Sociology of Difference-Based Interactions Giuseppe Sciortino 15. Burning Schools/Building Bridges: Ethnographical Touchdowns in the Civil Sphere Mats Trondman PART VI Religion as Culture 16. The Constitution of Religious Political Violence: Institution, Culture and Power Roger Friedland 17. Globalization, Culture and Religion Kenneth Thompson PART VII Social Movements as Culture 18. Narrative and Social Movements Francesca Polletta and Bobby Chen 19. The Politics of Authenticity: Civic Individualism and the Cultural Roots of Gay Normalization Steven Seidman, Chet Meeks, and James Dean PART VIII Trauma as Culture 20. Rethinking Conflict and Memory: the case of Nanjing Barry Schwartz 21. Cultural Trauma: Emotion and Narration Ron Eyerman 22. The Chinese Construction and Repression of Trauma: The Rape of Nanjing Jeffrey C. Alexander and Rui Gao PART IX Events as Culture 23. Events as Templates of Possibility: An Analytic Typology of Political Facts Mabel Berezin 24. Cultural Pragmatics and the Structure and Flow of Democratic Politics Jason Mast PART X Materiality as Culture 25. Consumption as Cultural Interpretation: Taste, Performativity and Navigating The Forest Of Objects Ian Woodward 26. The Force of Embodiment: Bodies, Dispositions and Culture Arthur Frank 27. Music Sociology in a New Key Lisa McCormick PART XI Knowledge as Culture 28. Narrating Global Warming Philip Smith PART XII Classification and Ambiguity as Culture 29. Broadening the Strong Program in Cultural Sociology: Focus On Mundane Life in Organizations Nina Eliasoph and Jade Lo 30. Inbetweenness and Ambivalence Bernhard Giesen.

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Includes bibliographical references and index.

Table of Contents:
1. Introduction: Cultural Sociology Today
Jeffrey C. Alexander, Ron Jacobs, Philip Smith
PART I The Cultural Method in Sociology
2. Cultural Sociology as a Research Program: Post-Positivism, Meaning, and Causality
Isaac Ariail Reed
3. Rationalization Processes inside Cultural Sociology
Richard Biernacki
4. Four Ways to Measure Culture: Social Science, Hermeneutics, and the Cultural Turn
John Mohr and Craig Rawlings
PART II The Economic as Culture
5. Culture and the Economy
Carlo Tognato
6. Culture and Economic Life
Lyn Spillman
PART III The Political as Culture
7. From Moral Sentiments to Civic Engagement: Sociological Analysis as Responsible Spectatorship
Robin Wagner-Pacifici
8. Reinventing the Concept of Civic Culture
Paul Lichterman
9. Cultural Sociology and Civil Society in a World of Flows: Recapturing Ambiguity, Hybridity and the Political
Gianpaolo Biaocchi
PART IV The Media as Culture
10. Mediatized Disasters in the Global Age: On the Ritualization of Catastrophe
Simon Cottle
11. Media, Intellectuals, the Public Sphere, and the Story of Barack Obama in 2008
Eleanor Townsely
12. Entertainment Media and the Aesthetic Public Sphere
Ronald Jacobs
PART V Race and Immigration as Culture
13. Rethinking the Relationship of African American Men to the Street
Al Young
14. Ethnicity, Race, Nationhood, Foreignness, Etc.: Prolegomena to a Cultural Sociology of Difference-Based Interactions
Giuseppe Sciortino
15. Burning Schools/Building Bridges: Ethnographical Touchdowns in the Civil Sphere
Mats Trondman
PART VI Religion as Culture
16. The Constitution of Religious Political Violence: Institution, Culture and Power
Roger Friedland
17. Globalization, Culture and Religion
Kenneth Thompson
PART VII Social Movements as Culture
18. Narrative and Social Movements
Francesca Polletta and Bobby Chen
19. The Politics of Authenticity: Civic Individualism and the Cultural Roots of Gay Normalization
Steven Seidman, Chet Meeks, and James Dean
PART VIII Trauma as Culture
20. Rethinking Conflict and Memory: the case of Nanjing
Barry Schwartz
21. Cultural Trauma: Emotion and Narration
Ron Eyerman
22. The Chinese Construction and Repression of Trauma: The Rape of Nanjing
Jeffrey C. Alexander and Rui Gao
PART IX Events as Culture
23. Events as Templates of Possibility: An Analytic Typology of Political Facts
Mabel Berezin
24. Cultural Pragmatics and the Structure and Flow of Democratic Politics
Jason Mast
PART X Materiality as Culture
25. Consumption as Cultural Interpretation: Taste, Performativity and Navigating The Forest Of Objects
Ian Woodward
26. The Force of Embodiment: Bodies, Dispositions and Culture
Arthur Frank
27. Music Sociology in a New Key
Lisa McCormick
PART XI Knowledge as Culture
28. Narrating Global Warming
Philip Smith
PART XII Classification and Ambiguity as Culture
29. Broadening the Strong Program in Cultural Sociology: Focus On Mundane Life in Organizations
Nina Eliasoph and Jade Lo
30. Inbetweenness and Ambivalence
Bernhard Giesen.

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