Cultural Sociology [Paperback]

Preface.

Acknowledgements.

Introduction: Culture and Cultural Sociology: Lyn Spillman.

Part I: Analyzing Culture in Society: Key Ideas:.

1. The Diversity of Cultures: Ruth Benedict.

2. The Metropolis and Mental Life: Georg Simmel.

3. The Culture Industry: Enlightenment as Mass Deception: Max Horkheimer and Theodor Adorno.

4. Center and Periphery: Edward Shils.

5. Base and Superstructure: Raymond Williams.

6. Thick Description: Toward an Interpretive Theory of Culture: Clifford Geertz.

7. Cultural Power: Pierre Bourdieu.

Part II: Cultural Repertoires: Identities and Practices:.

8. Boundary Work: Sculpting Home and Work: Christena E. Nippert-Eng (Illinois Institute of Technology).

9. Corporate Culture: Gideon Kunda (Tel Aviv University).

10. Symbolic Boundaries and Status: Michèle Lamont (Princeton University).

11. Symbolic Exclusion and Musical Dislikes: Bethany Bryson (University of Virginia).

12. Raced Ways of Seeing: Darnell Hunt (University of Southern California).

13. Close to Home : The Work of Avoiding Politics: Nina Eliasoph (University of Wisconsin-Madison).

14. How Culture Works: Perspectives from Media Studies on the Efficacy of Symbols: Michael Schudson (University of California, San Diego).

Part III: Cultural Production: Institutional Fields:.

15. Market Structure, the Creative Process, and Popular Culture: Toward an OrganizationlCß