Practising culture / edited by Craig Calhoun and Richard Sennett.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Calhoun, Craig J., 1952-

Sennett, Richard, 1943-

Series:

Taking Culture Seriously

Taking Culture Seriously ; v.2

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Culture.

Culture diffusion.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (249 p.)

Place of Publication:

New York ; London : Routledge, c2007.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

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

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"

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

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

1-134-12610-7

1-134-12611-5

1-280-95483-3

9786610954834

0-203-94495-X

9780203944950

OCLC:

316142853