Because the sociology of culture has grown so much and cultural studies have proliferated so widely over the
past quarter-century, there has been no easy way to obtain an informed introduction to the myriad issues at stake.
Now, Sociology on Culture offers a wide-ranging and probing overview of sociological approaches to culture, their
major arguments, and their findings. The book's discussions -- of topics ranging from medieval theater to the Internet,
across a variety of societies -- are informed by approaches from interpretive sociology and symbolic interactionism,
to the Frankfurt school and Foucault.
Table of Contents
1. Introduction
Part I:Culture and Society
2. Culture, Self and Society
3. Preindustrial Sources of Contemporary Culture
4. Social Stratification and Culture
Part II:Toward a Sociology of Cultural Power, Production and Social Life
5. Power, Culture and Cultural Power
6. The Production of Culture
7. Cultural Objects, Audiences and Users and Meaning
Part III:Culture in a Changing World
8. Industrialism and Mass Culture
9. Deconstructing Folk Culture
10. Deconstructing Postmodernity
11. Culture, Action and Change
