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Practicing Culture
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Taking Culture Seriously
By
Craig Calhoun (Edited by), Richard Sennett (Edited by)
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Free shipping Australia wide Ships from UK supplier | Rating: | | | Format: | Paperback, 248 pages, New edition Edition | | Other Information: | 32 black & white illustrations, 2 black & white tables, 31 black & white halftones, 1 black & white line drawings | | Published In: | United Kingdom, 16 August 2007 |
"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. Culture is not just products and representations but practices. It is made and remade in countless small ways and occasional bursts of innovation. It is something people do - and do in rich variety and distinctive contexts as engaging case studies from the book reveal. For example; in Russia's most Western city, Kaliningrad, residents dig for artifacts symbolizing a German past - even though their parents only migrated to what was once Konigsberg after WWII in the USA, fans of professional wrestling pride themselves on being smart enough to know how much is trickery and how the tricks work yet still believe in the contest. "Practicing Culture" will reshape and invigorate the sociology of culture not only through internal development but through enhanced connections to the interdisciplinary social theory and to related fields like the sociology of knowledge and ethnography. It will prove an essential tool for students and researchers of cultural theory, contemporary social theory and cultural sociology. |
Table of ContentsIntroduction: Craig Calhoun and Richard Sennett 1. "We Have Never Been German": The Economy of Digging in Russian Kaliningrad by Olga Sezneva 2. Practicing Poetry: A Career Without a Job by Ailsa Craig 3. Hot Glass: The Calorific Imagination of Practice in Glassblowing by Erin O'Connor 4. State Power as Field Work: Culture and Practice in the French Survey of Historic Landmarks by Alexandra Kowalski 5. New and Improved Nations: Branding National Identity by Melissa Aronczyk 6. Facts in the City: How London Accountants Simplify Decisions by Matthew Gill 7. Managing Doubt: Professional Wrestling Jargon and the Making of "Smart Fans" by Marion Wrenn 8. Beauty at the Gallery: Sentimental Education and Operatic Community in Contemporary Buenos Aires by Claudio Benzecry 9. The Erotic Life of Electric Hair Clippers: A Social History by Alton Phillips 10. Practicing Authorship: The Case of Brecht's Plays by Monika Krause About the AuthorCraig Calhoun is University Professor of Social Science at New York University and President of the Social Science Research Council. Richard Sennett is Professor of Sociology and Chair of the Cities Programme at the London School of Economics and is University Professor of the Humanities at New York University.
| Publisher: | Routledge | | ISBN: | 0415412501 |
| EAN: | 9780415412506 | | Dimensions: | 23.0 x 15.0 x 1.0 centimeters (0.38 kg) |
| Age Range: |
15+ years |
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