Awards
- Winner of 2021 PROSE Award Subject Category Association of American Publishers 2021 (United States)
Overview
Life in Canada is marked, celebrated, enjoyed, and dreaded in ways that respond specifically to the seasons. Sociological thinking allows people to ask questions about things that may otherwise be taken for granted. Thinking about the seasons sociologically opens up a unique perspective for studying and understanding social life. Each chapter in this collection approaches the seasons and the passage of time as a way to explore issues of sociological interest. The authors use seasonality as a device that can bridge, in fascinating ways, small-scale interpersonal interactions and large formal institutional structures. These contemporary, Canadian case studies are wide-ranging and include analyses of pumpkin spice lattes, policing in schools, law and colonialism, summer cottages, seasonal affective disorder, New Year's resolutions, Vaisakhi celebrations, and more. Seasonal Sociology offers provocative new ways of thinking about the nature of our collective lives.
Full Product Details
Author: Tonya Davidson ,
Ondine Park
Publisher: University of Toronto Press
Imprint: University of Toronto Press
Dimensions:
Width: 19.10cm
, Height: 3.30cm
, Length: 23.50cm
Weight: 0.700kg
ISBN: 9781487594084
ISBN 10: 1487594089
Pages: 416
Publication Date: 11 September 2020
Audience:
College/higher education
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Professional and scholarly
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Tertiary & Higher Education
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Professional & Vocational
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active
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Reviews
“The authors offer a compelling and accessible textbook, geared towards undergraduate pedagogy, that affects a provocative and effective set of estrangements from our socialization to weather.” -- Rafico Ruiz * <em>Space and Culture</em> *
Seasonal Sociology is a lively and accessible introduction to the discipline of sociology and to contemporary Canadian sociology in particular. It will excite any sociology class by challenging students to think differently about the seasons through a number of interesting case studies that illuminate pressing social issues, critical analyses, key sociological concepts, theoretical ideas, and methodological approaches. Refreshing and thought-provoking, it is a rich resource for undergraduate sociology. - Marcia Oliver, Wilfrid Laurier University Covering a broad swath of the field, this introduction focuses on learning sociology through interpreting and explaining the world around us. It embodies sociological wisdom by revealing 'the fundamental richness of sociology.' It ingeniously motivates students through worlds familiar to them. This creative collection should transform how the foundations of sociology are taught in Canada. - Wallace Clement, Carleton University This creatively conceived collection goes beyond showing how everyday realities and annual events are 'socially constructed.' Each of these eloquent and easy-to-read essays also examines the ways in which the familiar settings of social life are themselves shaped by natural rhythms and physical spaces. - Thomas Kemple, University of British Columbia
Author Information
Tonya K. Davidson is an instructor in the Department of Sociology and Anthropology at Carleton University. Ondine Park is an instructor in the Department of Sociology at MacEwan University.
