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Routledge
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Routledge
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A collection of original essays advancing the study of culture from a sociological perspective. Exploring and extending recent studies of culture with both qualitative and quantitative analysis, this book focuses on the ways in which contemporary cultural products function as vocabularies of public life. The contributors cover a wide range of topics; these include the symbolic structure of religion, science and the arts. The book is unified with a common concern - the concrete manifestations of culture and the importance of understanding its internal structure. This book should be of interest to students and lecturers in the sociology of culture, religion and the arts.
Introduction, Robert Wuthnow; Part 1 Vocabularies of Conviction; Chapter 1 The restriction of meaning in religious discourse, Marsha Witten; Chapter 2 The gospel of giving, Susan Harding; Chapter 3 When scientists saw ghosts and why they stopped, Eva Marie Garroutte; Chapter 4 Reading science as text, David E. Woolwine; Chapter 5 Paradox in the discourse of science, Joan M. Morris; Part 2 Vocabularies of Expression; Chapter 6 Putting it together, Karen A. Cerulo; Chapter 7 The musical structure and social context of number one songs, 1955 to 1988, Timothy Jon Dowd; Chapter 8 A theory of pictorial discourse, Albert Bergesen; Chapter 9 Decoding the syntax of modern dance, Albert Bergesen, Allison Jones; Part 3 Vocabularies of Persuasion; Chapter 10 Metaphors of industrial rationality, Frank Dobbin; Chapter 11 The parameters of possible constitutional interpretation, Benjamin Gregg; Chapter 12 The role of elites in setting agendas for public debate, Richard L. Rogers; Chapter 13 Materialism, ideology, and political change, Gene Burns;
Biography
Robert Wuthnow is Professor of Sociology at Princeton University.
