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""Written by some of the leading thinkers in the field, the book is an excellent resource for longstanding and contemporary issues in cultural theory. Comprehensive and well-written."" - David Oswell, Goldsmiths College This timely volume provides a framework for understanding the cultural turn in terms of the classical legacy, contemporary cultural theory and cultural analysis. It reveals the significance of Marxist humanism, Georg Simmel, the Frankfurt School, Stuart Hall and the Birmingham School, Giddens, Bauman, Foucault, Bourdieu and Baudrillard. Readers receive a dazzling, critical survey of some of the primary figures in the field. However, the book is much more than a Rough Guide tour through the 'great figures' in the field. Through an analysis of specific problems, such as transculturalism, transnationalsim, feminism, popular music and cultural citizenship, it demonstrates the relevance of cultural sociology in elucidating some of the key questions of our time.

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Author:   Tim Edwards
Publisher:   SAGE Publications Inc
Imprint:   SAGE Publications Inc
Weight:   0.690kg
ISBN:  

9780761948629

ISBN 10:   0761948627
Pages:   304
Publication Date:   01 August 2007
Audience:   College/higher education ,  Tertiary & Higher Education
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
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Table of Contents

PART ONE: THE LEGACY OF SOCIOLOGY Cultural Analysis In Marxist Humanism Georg Simmel - John Scott The Frankfurt School - Chris Rojek Stuart Hall and The Birmingham School - Douglas Kellner Giddens and Cultural Analysis - Absent Word and Central Concept - Chris Rojek PART TWO: CONTEMPORARY CULTURAL THEORY - John Scott Zygmunt Bauman, Culture and Sociology Foucault: Interpretive Analytics and the Constitution of the Social - Peter Beilharz Framing Bourdieu - Tim May & Jason Powell ′Speculation To The Death′: Jean Baudrillard′s Theoretical Violence - Derek Robbins PART THREE: CONTEMPORARY CULTURAL ANALYSIS - William Merrin Reconceptualizing Representation and Identity: Issues of Transculturalism and Transnationalism In the Intersection of Feminism and Cultural Sociology Feminist Knowledge and Socio-cultural Research: Ethno-mimesis, Feminist Praxis and The Visual Turn - Ann Brooks Popular Music - Maggie O′Neill Cultural Citizenship: Questions of Consumerism, Consumption and Policy - Eamonn Carrabine

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