Since sociologists returned to the study of culture in the past several decades, a pursuit all but anathema for a generation, cultural sociology has emerged as a vibrant field. Edited by three leading cultural sociologists, The Oxford Handbook of Cultural Sociology presents the full theoretical and methodological vitality of this critically significant new area.The Handbook gathers together works by authors confronting the crucial choices all cultural sociologists face today: about analytic priorities, methods, topics, epistemologies, ideologies, and even modes of writing. It is a vital collection of preeminent thinkers studying the ways in which culture, society, politics, and economy interact in the world. Organized by empirical areas of study rather than particular theories or competing intellectual strands, the Handbook addresses power, politics, and states; economics and organization; mass media; social movements; religion; aesthetics; knowledge; and health. Allowing the reader to observe tensions as well as convergences, the collection displays the value of cultural sociology not as a niche discipline but as a way to view and understand the many facets of contemporary society. The first of its kind, The Oxford Handbook of Cultural Sociology offers comprehensive and immediate access to the real developments and disagreements taking place in the field, and deftly exemplifies how cultural sociology provides a new way of seeing and modeling social facts.

The Oxford Handbook of Cultural Sociology (Oxford Handbooks)

Politics & Social Sciences

Jacobs, Ronald

Smith, Philip

Alexander, Jeffrey C.

Social Sciences

Oxford University Press

Living Sociologically: Concepts and Connections: Concise Edition

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Townsley, Eleanor

Sociology

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Business Development & Entrepreneurship

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The Oxford Handbook of Cultural Sociology (Oxford Handbooks)

Living Sociologically: Concepts and Connections: Concise Edition

Living Sociologically: Concepts and Connections: Concise Edition

Structured On-the-Job Training: Unleashing Employee Expertise in the Workplace (16pt Large Print Edition)

Structured On-the-Job Training: Unleashing Employee Expertise in the Workplace