Culture has become a touchstone of interdisciplinary conversation. For readers interested in
sociology, the social sciences and the humanities, this book maps major classical and …

The Handbook of Cultural Sociology provides a comprehensive overview of contemporary
scholarship in sociology and related disciplines focused on the complex relations of culture …

American sociology is in the midst of a cultural turn. Where sociologists once spurned
culture, today they embrace and explore it, seeking to understand the construction of social …

Covering a wide range of subjects and diversity of approaches, this book presents an in-
depth study of the sociology of culture. In doing so, it demonstrates how far contemporary …

The launch of the journal Cultural Sociology comes at a very dynamic time for those
engaged in the sociological understanding of cultural matters. Never before has …

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 …

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 …

Cultural Studies seeks to foster more open analytic, critical and political conversations by
encouraging people to push the dialogue into fresh, uncharted territory. It is devoted to …

This text explores the difficulties of defining a sociology of'culture', emphasising the complex,
interdisciplinary nature of'cultural studies', and the variety of theoretical contributions from …

Culture, cultural difference, and cultural conflict always surround us. Cultural sociologists
aim to understand their role across all aspects of social life by examining processes of …