Building on recent research emphasizing how legitimacy depends on consensus among
audiences about candidates' characteristics and activities, we examine the relationship …

Why do some music styles gain mass popularity while others thrive in small niches?
Banding Together explores this question and reveals the attributes that together explain the …

Questions of symbolic classification have been central to sociology since its earliest days,
given the relevance of distinctions for both affiliation and conflict. Music and its genres are …

abstract In this article we theorize the ways in which tournament rituals, in the form of
prominent industry award ceremonies, configure organizational fields. We review field …

In this article we utilize a (posthumanist) practice theory orientation to foreground the
neglected role of material elements (eg, objects and spaces) in institutional work. The paper …

Canons are central to our understanding of our culture, and yet in the last thirty years there
has been much conflict and uncertainty created by the idea of the canon. In essence, the …

Do the cultural works artists produce after receiving major awards change in character? As
awards lessen the constraints artists typically face, we argue that award winners receive …

This article examines the international book fair as a tournament of values and its role in the
global publishing industry; in particular its relation to the publishing cycle, chain, and field. It …

We offer a new perspective on how cultural markets are structured and the conditions under
which innovations are more likely to emerge. We argue that in addition to organization-and …

Presents innovative scholarship on Latina/o visibility in contemporary mainstream media
Latina/os have seen increased visibility in the media in the past several years, especially in …