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Cultural Trauma of Decolonization
Colonial Returnees in the National Imagination
Av Ron Eyerman, Giuseppe Sciortino
Häftad, 2021
1207 kr
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This volume is first consistent effort to systematically analyze the features and consequences of colonial repatriation in comparative terms, examining the trajectories of returnees in six former colonial countries (Belgium, France, Italy, Japan, the Netherlands, and Portugal). Each contributor …
Interpreting Clifford Geertz
Cultural Investigation in the Social Sciences
Av Jeffrey C. Alexander, Philip Smith m. fl.
Inbunden, 2011
551 kr
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Theorist Clifford Geertz's influence extends far beyond Anthropology. This volume reflects the breadth of his influence, looking at Geertz as a theorist rather than as an anthropologist. To date there has been no impartial, comprehensive, and authoritative work published on this critical figure.
Interpreting Clifford Geertz
Cultural Investigation in the Social Sciences
Av Jeffrey C. Alexander, Philip Smith m. fl.
Häftad, 2011
551 kr
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Theorist Clifford Geertz's influence extends far beyond Anthropology. This volume reflects the breadth of his influence, looking at Geertz as a theorist rather than as an anthropologist. To date there has been no impartial, comprehensive, and authoritative work published on this critical figure.
Cultural Sociology of Political Assassination
From MLK and RFK to Fortuyn and van Gogh
Av R. Eyerman
Inbunden, 2011
551 kr
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Developing the theory of cultural trauma in regard to the shattering potential effects of political assassinations, Eyerman examines political and social life in three different national contexts: Martin Luther King, Bobby Kennedy, and Harvey Milk in the U.S.; Theo Van Gogh in the Netherlands; and …
Cultural Sociology of Political Assassination
From MLK and RFK to Fortuyn and van Gogh
Av R. Eyerman
Häftad, 2011
606 kr
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Developing the theory of cultural trauma in regard to the shattering potential effects of political assassinations, Eyerman examines political and social life in three different national contexts: Martin Luther King, Bobby Kennedy, and Harvey Milk in the U.S.; Theo Van Gogh in the Netherlands; and …
Constructing Irish National Identity
Discourse and Ritual during the Land War, 1879–1882
Av A. Kane
Inbunden, 2012
568 kr
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Author Anne Kane analyzes the intertwined cultural, political and social transformations that occur during historical events by focusing specifically on the case of the Irish Land War, a pivotal event in the formation of the modern Irish nation.
Iconic Power
Materiality and Meaning in Social Life
Av J. Alexander, D. Bartmanski m. fl.
Inbunden, 2011
551 kr
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A collection of original articles that explore social aspects of the phenomenon of icon. Having experienced the benefits and realized the limitations of so called 'linguistic turn', sociology has recently acknowledged a need to further expand its horizons.
Culture of Markets
Inbunden, 2011
696 kr
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What are the logics of pricing, and why do some pricing schemes defy standard economic expectations? What explains the different labor market outcomes of people who receive the same training from the same place and who have similar grades? Why do national governments issue statements about the …
Culture of Markets
Häftad, 2011
275 kr
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What are the logics of pricing, and why do some pricing schemes defy standard economic expectations? What explains the different labor market outcomes of people who receive the same training from the same place and who have similar grades? Why do national governments issue statements about the …
Protest
A Cultural Introduction to Social Movements
Inbunden, 2014
707 kr
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Every day around the world there are dozens of protests both large and small. Most groups engage the local police, some get media attention, and a few are successful. Who are these people? What do they want? What do they do to get it? What effects do they ultimately have on our world?In this lively …
Protest
A Cultural Introduction to Social Movements
Häftad, 2014
245 kr
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Every day around the world there are dozens of protests both large and small. Most groups engage the local police, some get media attention, and a few are successful. Who are these people? What do they want? What do they do to get it? What effects do they ultimately have on our world?In this lively …
Sex Cultures
Inbunden, 2017
676 kr
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Why is it so hard to talk about sex and sexuality? In this crisp and compelling book, Amin Ghaziani provides a pithy introduction to the field of sexuality studies through a distinctively cultural lens. Rather than focusing on sex acts, which make us feel flustered and blind us to a bigger picture, …
Sex Cultures
Häftad, 2017
229 kr
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Why is it so hard to talk about sex and sexuality? In this crisp and compelling book, Amin Ghaziani provides a pithy introduction to the field of sexuality studies through a distinctively cultural lens. Rather than focusing on sex acts, which make us feel flustered and blind us to a bigger picture, …
Culture and Cognition
Patterns in the Social Construction of Reality
Inbunden, 2015
676 kr
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How does culture shape our thinking? In what ways do our social and cultural worlds enter into our mental worlds? How do the communities we belong to influence what we notice and what we ignore? What cultural variation do we see in cognition? What general patterns do we see across this diversity …
Culture and Cognition
Patterns in the Social Construction of Reality
Häftad, 2015
299 kr
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How does culture shape our thinking? In what ways do our social and cultural worlds enter into our mental worlds? How do the communities we belong to influence what we notice and what we ignore? What cultural variation do we see in cognition? What general patterns do we see across this diversity …
Culture in Networks
Av Paul McLean
Inbunden, 2016
696 kr
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Today, interest in networks is growing by leaps and bounds, in both scientific discourse and popular culture. Networks are thought to be everywhere – from the architecture of our brains to global transportation systems. And networks are especially ubiquitous in the social world: they provide us …
Culture in Networks
Av Paul McLean
Häftad, 2016
259 kr
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Today, interest in networks is growing by leaps and bounds, in both scientific discourse and popular culture. Networks are thought to be everywhere – from the architecture of our brains to global transportation systems. And networks are especially ubiquitous in the social world: they provide us …
Reinventing Evidence in Social Inquiry
Decoding Facts and Variables
Av R. Biernacki
Inbunden, 2012
552 kr
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Revisiting the dominant scientific method, 'coding,' with which investigators from sociology to literary criticism have sampled texts and catalogued their cultural messages, the author demonstrates that the celebrated hard outputs rest on misleading samples and on unfeasible classifying of the …
Reinventing Evidence in Social Inquiry
Decoding Facts and Variables
Av R. Biernacki
Häftad, 2012
607 kr
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Revisiting the dominant scientific method, 'coding,' with which investigators from sociology to literary criticism have sampled texts and catalogued their cultural messages, the author demonstrates that the celebrated hard outputs rest on misleading samples and on unfeasible classifying of the …
Seeking Authenticity in Place, Culture, and the Self
The Great Urban Escape
Inbunden, 2012
552 kr
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In recent times, there has been a substantial push by people to escape the metropolis for lifestyles in small coastal, country, or mountainside locales. This book explores the narratives emerging from amenity-left migration using methods developed within the 'strong' cultural sociology.
Central Bank Independence
Cultural Codes and Symbolic Performance
Av C. Tognato
Inbunden, 2012
552 kr
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By engaging in an ethnography of the social text of German, European and USA monetary affairs, this book introduces a new analytical framework that will enable practitioners and academics, particularly within sociology, economics, political economy, and political science, to gain a clear …
Liberal Barbarism
The European Destruction of the Palace of the Emperor of China
Av E. Ringmar
Inbunden, 2013
569 kr
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In Liberal Barbarism, Erik Ringmar sets out to explain the 1860 destruction of Yuanmingyuan - the Chinese imperial palace north-west of Beijing - at the hands of British and French armies. Yuanmingyuan was the emperor's own theme-park, a perfect world, a vision of paradise, which housed one of the …
Liberal Barbarism
The European Destruction of the Palace of the Emperor of China
Av E. Ringmar
Häftad, 2015
569 kr
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In Liberal Barbarism, Erik Ringmar sets out to explain the 1860 destruction of Yuanmingyuan - the Chinese imperial palace north-west of Beijing - at the hands of British and French armies. Yuanmingyuan was the emperor's own theme-park, a perfect world, a vision of paradise, which housed one of the …
Central Bank Independence
Cultural Codes and Symbolic Performance
Av C. Tognato
Häftad, 2014
552 kr
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By engaging in an ethnography of the social text of German, European and USA monetary affairs, this book introduces a new analytical framework that will enable practitioners and academics, particularly within sociology, economics, political economy, and political science, to gain a clear …
Iconic Power
Materiality and Meaning in Social Life
Av J. Alexander, D. Bartmanski m. fl.
Häftad, 2013
389 kr
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A collection of original articles that explore social aspects of the phenomenon of icon. Having experienced the benefits and realized the limitations of so called 'linguistic turn', sociology has recently acknowledged a need to further expand its horizons.
Social Tragedy
The Power of Myth, Ritual, and Emotion in the New Media Ecology
Av S. Baker
Inbunden, 2014
552 kr
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A social tragedy is a collective representation of injustice. Baker demonstrates how social tragedies facilitate moral action and discusses a series of contemporary case studies – the death of Princess Diana, Zinédine Zidane's 2006 World Cup scandal, KONY 2012 – to examine their social and …
Meanings of Life in Contemporary Ireland
Webs of Significance
Av T. Inglis
Inbunden, 2014
552 kr
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The struggle to create and sustain meaning in our everyday lives is fought using cultural ingredients to spin the webs of meaning that keep us going. To help reveal the complexity and intricacy of the webs of meaning in which they are suspended, Tom Inglis interviewed one-hundred people in their …
Constructing Irish National Identity
Discourse and Ritual during the Land War, 1879–1882
Av A. Kane
Häftad, 2014
569 kr
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Author Anne Kane analyzes the intertwined cultural, political and social transformations that occur during historical events by focusing specifically on the case of the Irish Land War, a pivotal event in the formation of the modern Irish nation.
Global Injustice Symbols and Social Movements
Av T. Olesen
Inbunden, 2015
552 kr
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Global Injustice Symbols and Social Movements examines our collective moral and political maps, dotted with symbols shaped by political dynamics beyond their local or national origin and offers the first systematic sociological treatment of this important phenomenon.
Performing Punk
Av Erik Hannerz
Inbunden, 2015
569 kr
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Performing Punk is a rich exploration of subcultural contrasts and similarities among punks. By investigating how punk is made, for whom, and in opposition to what, this book takes the reader on a journey through the lesser-known aspects of the punk subculture.
