ABSTRACT
The Handbook of Cultural Sociology provides a comprehensive overview of contemporary scholarship in sociology and related disciplines focused on the complex relations of culture to social structures and everyday life. With sixty-five essays written by scholars from around the world, the book draws diverse approaches to cultural sociology into a dialogue that charts new pathways for research on culture in a global era.
Contributing scholars address vital concerns that relate to classic questions as well as emergent issues in the study of culture. Topics include cultural and social theory, politics and the state, social stratification, community, aesthetics, lifestyle, and identity. In addition, the authors explore developments central to the constitution and reproduction of culture, such as power, technology, and the organization of work.
This book is essential reading for undergraduate and postgraduate students interested in diverse subfields within Sociology, as well as Cultural Studies, Media and Communication, and Postcolonial Theory.
TABLE OF CONTENTS
part 1|2 pages
Part I: Sociological programs of cultural analysis
part 2|2 pages
Part II: Theories and methodologies in cultural analysis
part 3|2 pages
Part III: Aesthetics, ethics, and cultural legitimacy
part 4|2 pages
Part IV: Individuals and groups, identities and performances
part 5|2 pages
Culture and stratification
part 6|2 pages
Part VI: Making/using culture
part 7|2 pages
Part VII: Cultures of work and professions
part 8|2 pages
Part VIII: Political cultures
part 9|2 pages
Part IX: Global cultures, global processes
part 10|2 pages
Part X: Cultural processes and change