ISBN:
041541251X
,
0415412501
,
020394495X
,
9780415412513
,
9780415412506
,
9780203944950
Language:
English
Pages:
Online-Ressource (x, 238 p)
,
ill
Edition:
Online-Ausg. 2009 Electronic reproduction; Available via World Wide Web
Series Statement:
Taking Culture Seriously v.2
Parallel Title:
Print version Practicing Culture
DDC:
306
Keywords:
Culture
;
Culture diffusion
Abstract:
Practicing Culture seeks to revitalize the field of cultural sociology with an emphasis not on abstract theoretical debates but on showing how to put theoretical sources to work in empirical research. Each of the chapters in this book offer a provocative empirical case study of how culture works in practice and how practice makes and remakes culture. It will prove an essential tool for students and researchers of Cultural Theory, Contemporary Social Theory and Cultural Sociology
Description / Table of Contents:
Book Cover; Title; Copyright; Contents; Illustrations; Contributors; Introduction; 1 "We have never been German": The economy of digging in Russian Kaliningrad; 2 Practicing poetry: A career without a job; 3 Hot glass: The calorific imagination of practice in glassblowing; 4 State power as field work: Culture and practice in the French Survey of Historic Landmarks; 5 New and improved nations: Branding national identity; 6 Facts in the city: How London accountants simplify decisions; 7 Managing doubt: Professional wrestling jargon and the making of "smart fans"
Description / Table of Contents:
8 Beauty at the gallery: Sentimental education and operatic community in contemporary Buenos Aires9 The erotic life of electric hair clippers: A social history; 10 Practicing authorship: The case of Brecht's plays; Index
Note:
Includes bibliographical references and index
,
Electronic reproduction; Available via World Wide Web
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