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Informationen zum Autor Laura Desfor Edles teaches sociology at California State University, Northridge. She is the author of Symbol and Ritual in the New Spain: The Transition to Democracy after Franco (1998). Klappentext Cultural Sociology in Practice is a concise introduction to the burgeoning new field of cultural sociology. Using straightforward language and popular examples, the book sorts out various cultural concepts and types of cultural analysis. Part I outlines the origins and theoretical premises of cultural sociology, and it demonstrates culturalist approaches to religion, the media/popular culture, and race/ethnicity. Part II explains exciting new culturalist methods, focusing on ethnography, discourse analysis, audience/reception research, and cultural history. The text also includes lists of key terms and study questions, providing a useful overview for students grappling with cultural concepts for the first time. Zusammenfassung * Presents a concise! accessible introduction to the filed of cultural sociology. * Provides excellent empirical examples of cultural sociology in practice. * Covers both the theoretical bases and methodology of current research. . Inhaltsverzeichnis List of Figures and Tables. Acknowledgments. 1. Introduction: What is Culture and How Does Culture Work?. Part I: Culture and Society:. 2. Religion and Ideology: Systems of Meaning in the Modern (and Postmodern) World. 3. The Media and Popular Culture. 4. Race and Representation. Part II: Cultural Methodology: Getting a Handle on Culture:. 5. Naturalistic Inquiry: Ethnography! Ethnomethodology! and Dramaturgical Research. 6. Discourse Analysis and Audience/Reception Research: Constructing and Deconstructing Texts! Talk! and Meaning. 7. Structure! Agency! and "Comprehensive" Cultural Sociology. References. Index.
