Sociology on culture / John R. Hall, Mary Jo Neitz and Marshall Battani.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Hall, John R.

Contributor:

Neitz, Mary Jo, 1951-

Battani, Marshall.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Culture.

Sociology.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (304 pages) : illustrations

Edition:

First edition.

Place of Publication:

London : Routledge, 2003.

Summary:

Culture has become a touchstone of interdisciplinary conversation. For readers interested in sociology, the social sciences and the humanities, this book maps major classical and contemporary analyses and cultural controversies in relation to social processes, everyday life, and axes of ordering and difference - such as race, class and gender. Hall, Neitz, and Battani discuss: self and identity stratification the Other the cultural histories of modernity and postmodernity production of culture the problem of the audience action, social movements, and change. The authors advocate cultivating the sociological imagination by engaging myriad languages and perspectives of the social sciences and humanities, while cultivating cultural studies by developing the sociological imagination. Paying little respect to boundaries, and incorporating fascinating examples, this book draws on diverse intellectual perspectives and a variety of topics from various historical periods and regions of the world.

Contents:

Book Cover; Title; Contents; Preface and acknowledgements; Introduction; Culture and society; Culture, self, and society; Social stratification and culture; Cultural structurations and modernity; Cultural constructions of "the Other"; Preindustrial sources of contemporary culture; Industrialism and mass culture; Deconstructing the postmodern; Cultural forms, processes, and change; Power and culture; The production of culture; Cultural objects, audiences, and meaning; Culture, action, and change; Bibliography; Index.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

0-203-63361-X

1-280-06425-0

1-134-45237-3

0-203-63819-0

1-283-64184-4

1-134-45238-1

9780203633618

OCLC:

275182878