Iconic Extensions and Memetic Audiences: The MAGA Hat as a Site of Conflict in the US Public Sphere

VK Bittner - Cultural Sociology, 2024 - journals.sagepub.com
This article introduces the concept of 'iconic extensions' and explores the phenomenon of
the Make America Great Again (MAGA) hat as a highly recognizable and controversial …

“Ideology” and After: Reinscribing the Aesthetics of Symbolic Structure in Geertz

JC Alexander, A Taylor - Sociologica, 2024 - sociologica.unibo.it
This essay explores the transformational effects that Clifford Geertz's The Interpretation of
Cultures had on the development of a meaning-centered cultural sociology. Though “Deep …

[HTML][HTML] Emotions and the 'truths' of contentious politics: advances in research on emotions, knowledge and contemporary contentious politics

A Durnová, D Karell - Emotions and Society, 2023 - bristoluniversitypressdigital.com
In a world of multiple crises–the heating of the planet, public health emergencies, economic
meltdowns, sociopolitical polarisation and so on–truth is often politicised and then …

Harry Potter and the 'Death of the Actor': reimagining fusion in cultural pragmatics

A Taylor - American Journal of Cultural Sociology, 2024 - Springer
To capture the deep world of meaning between audiences and actors in social
performances, cultural pragmatics offers a helpful tool: by its logic, performances are …

A Cosmopolitan Revelation: Travel as a Religious Act with Rick Steves' Europe

A Taylor - Material Religion, 2024 - Taylor & Francis
For nearly fifty years, travel writer Rick Steves has been guiding Americans through Europe.
Nicknamed a “travel guru” by The New York Times, Steves preaches a prescriptive …

Gendered Sport Communication: Criticism, Diversity, and Change in Complex Modernity

TB Broch, E Kristiansen - Routledge Handbook of Sport …, 2025 - taylorfrancis.com
The study of gender has a long and proud history within the field of sport communication.
When we account for gender, the media communication with, about, and by athletes is far …