Jacobs Mark D., Hanrahan Nancy Weiss (Editors). The Blackwell Companion to the Sociology of Culture

Blackwell Publishing Ltd. 2005. ISBN : 0-631-23174-9 (hardback). (523 pages). Series : Blackwell Companion to Sociology.Editorial Reviews.
"A worthy handbook for cultural sociologists and those interested in the sociology of culture." (Cultural Sociology, November 2008).
The sociology of culture has been among the fastest growing fields in the discipline. It is diverse in theory, research methods, and empirical agendas. The Blackwell Companion offers a very useful guide – all the more valuable because culture should be a dimension of all sociological analyses and newcomers to cultural analysis need an introduction.
–Craig Calhoun, New York University.
Product Description.
This collection of original, state-of-the-art essays by prominent international scholars covers the most important issues comprising the sociology of culture.
Provides an invaluable reference resource to all interested in the cultural structures and processes that animate contemporary life.
Contains 27 essays on the most important issues comprising the sociology of culture, including art, science, religions, race, class, gender, collective memory, institutions, and citizenship.
Reflects and analyzes the cultural turn that has transformed scholarship in the social sciences and humanities.
Book Description.
This anthology of original, state-of-the-art essays by prominent international scholars covers the most important issues comprising the sociology of culture. As social thinkers increasingly recognize the importance of cultural processes and personal identity changes in a media-saturated and postmodern world, a "cultural turn" has transformed scholarship in the social sciences and humanities. The Blackwell Companion to the Sociology of Culture reflects that cultural turn by providing an invaluable reference resource to all interested in the cultural structures and processes that animate contemporary life. The book includes such topics as art, science, religions, race, class, gender, collective memory, institutions, and citizenship. This is the first-ever collection of original, synthetic essays that form a comprehensive overview of the sociology of culture.This collection of original, state-of-the-art essays by prominent international scholars covers the most important issues comprising the sociology of culture. Heightened recognition of the ways culture inflects politics and economics, social relations and personal identities has transformed scholarship in the social sciences and humanities.
The Blackwell Companion to the Sociology of Culture reflects on this cultural turn by providing an invaluable reference resource to all interested in the cultural structures and processes that animate contemporary life. The book includes such topics as art, science, religion, race, class, gender, collective memory, institutions, and citizenship. This is the first-ever collection of original, synthetic essays that forms a comprehensive overview of the sociology of culture.